CONWAY, S.C. - After having lost a hard-fought fourth set, the Presbyterian College volleyball team hit .421 in the fifth set, dismantling Coastal Carolina 15-8 in the tiebreaker to win 3-2. Set scores were 24-26, 25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 15-8.

The Blue Hose improve to 10-18 on the season and 5-8 in Big South Conference play. The Chanticleers fall to 16-12 on the season and 9-5 in league play.

Leading the way for head coach Chris Belshe's squad was Lisa Shelley, who notched a double-double. She tallied 14 kills and 13 digs to go along with four aces and three blocks. Shelley led four PC student-athletes that reached double figures in kills. Freshmen Allison Brown and Presley Mabrey totaled 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Lindsey Harris reached double figures with 11 kills while amassing a .429 attack percentage (11 kills, two errors in 21 total attacks).

Junior Amanda Kettles established a Division I school record with eight total blocks (two solo, six assists). She also had eight kills and three digs for good measure.

Redshirt-junior Kilee Ruppe dished out 51 of PC's 54 assists. She accounted for as many assists as CCU had as a team in the contest. Ruppe also had eight digs, three aces, two block assists and a kill.

In addition to the stellar defensive play of Kettles, Elizabeth Heineman guided the team with 14 digs. However, nearly everyone on the team posted at least two digs (nine of the 10 that saw playing time got into the act defensively).

In the deciding fifth set, Kettles stuffed Jill Nyhof to get things going. Ruppe then sliced through the defense with her serve to put PC up 2-0. Another kill by the Blue Hose a couple of plays later made the score 4-1. Brown's kill forced the home team to call a time-out.

After the break in action, Brown delivered again, making the score 8-4. The teams traded points, but the Brown's point put PC up four. Ruppe and Kettles teamed up to block a Coastal student-athlete to put the score at 11-6 in favor of the Blue Hose.

An error by PC gave the home team a point, but Belshe's team quickly got it back on a service error. Up 12-8, Mabrey slammed home a kill. She then proceeded to get an ace to set up match point. When the ball was played back to PC, Ruppe found Harris on the outside, who promptly put away the match with the 15-8 victory.   

In the first set, Ruppe got things started off in a good way, serving two extremely good balls over the net. Her tremendous serves put Coastal Carolina in a precarious situation, recording two straight attack errors to start the match. Ruppe then sliced through the defense for an ace, giving the visitors a 3-0 advantage right off the start.

PC extended the lead when Kettles and Shelley teamed up to stuff a Chanticleer, making the score 5-1. A few plays later, an attack error gave the Blue Hose a 10-4 advantage. It was the largest lead the team would have in the first set.

Coastal Carolina came back to knot the score at 17 apiece on a PC attack error. Chelsy Kimes eventually gave the Chanticleers a 22-19 working margin. However, head coach Chris Belshe's team would bounce back.

Three straight attack errors, one of which was a block by PC, evened the score at 22-22. Down 23-22, the Blue Hose posted back-to-back points on a kill by Kettles and a block assist by Lindsey Harris and Allison Brown. A time-out stopped the momentum that PC had as the Chanticleers reeled off four straight points for a 26-24 set one victory.

The Blue Hose evened the match at one set apiece with a 25-21 second set victory. Trailing 17-15, Belshe called a time-out. The break was enough to force a service error by the home team. Shelley then dropped back to serve and connected with back-to-back aces to go ahead 18-17.

The teams then traded the next four points, but the block by Kettles and Ruppe gave the ball back to PC. Ruppe then put some zip on her serve, giving the visitors a 21-20 lead.

CCU would knot the score, but Harris quickly gave the Blue Hose the lead for good. A bad set and back-to-back attack errors by the Chanticleers allowed PC to pull away for the 25-21 win.

After the intermission, the Blue Hose found themselves down 3-0 in the third set. The Chanticleers would continue to hold the lead until Ashley Dunlap powered down a kill from Ruppe. Shelley's slam gave the team an 8-6 advantage. However, CCU would battle back, eventually taking a 17-15 lead.

The home team would hold a three-point edge, 21-18, after an attack error by PC. However, Mabrey's attack ferociously hit the court, sparking the Blue Hose. Ruppe then dumped the ball onto the court and Mabrey answered again, tying the score at 21 apiece. Heineman's ace gave PC the lead.

Two plays later, Mabrey's kill would give the Blue Hose the lead for good. Harris would pull the team within one point of winning the set and then teamed up with Kettles to block CCU's last shot of the set, giving the team a 25-22 win.

In the fourth set, the teams were tied at 17-17, but PC was unable to put the match away. CCU held a three-point advantage, 22-19, on an attack error. The Blue Hose battled back, but could not even the score. The Chanticleers pulled away for the 25-21 win.

The victory pushes PC's record to 4-1 in five-set matches this season.

The Blue Hose return to action tomorrow at 2 p.m., when they play their last Big South Conference road match, coming at Winthrop.