Box Score AIKEN, S.C.--USC Aiken (18-10, 5-4 PBC) got a combined 39 kills and 48.5 points from senior Jenny Lloyd and freshmen Veronica Seidle and Mandy Gerolstein in posting a key 3-0 win over rival USC Upstate (12-11, 5-4 PBC) on Saturday afternoon in Peach Belt Conference volleyball action. Game scores were 30-19, 30-26, and 30-25. The Lady Pacers snapped a two-match losing streak to the Spartans. 

Lloyd, who entered the match leading the PBC and ranking 11th in Division II in kills per game at 5.17, recorded 16 kills to go with 15 digs, two blocks, and one ace while hitting .389. The senior captain from Fife, Wash. extended her conference record to 85 career matches with double digit kills including 29 straight. With 502 kills on the season, Lloyd becomes the first player in PBC history to reach the 500-kill plateau in two separate seasons. 

Seidle hit .500 registering 13 kills, 14 digs, and one block for 15.0 points. Gerolstein chipped in 10 kills and a team-high five blocks including three solo blocks. Setter Rachel Dalitz recorded 43 assists, 10 digs, and four of the team's eight service aces. As a team, USC Aiken hit .331 while holding USC Upstate to .121. 

Stephanie Coff paced the Spartans with 12 kills and 11 digs hitting .289. Mandy Rupert added nine kills and eight digs for 10.5 points. Setter Shannon Pallardy had 30 assists to go with five digs. 

In game one, Gerolstein keyed a 6-0 run with three kills and a block as the Lady Pacers broke open a 19-17 game to surge ahead 25-17. Seidle was perfect with five kills and a 1.000 hitting percentage as the Lady Pacers won 30-19. 

Game two was about as tight of a game as can be played with 14 ties and six lead changes. Neither team led by more than two points until the Lady Pacers' decisive 5-0 run turned a 26-25 deficit into a 30-26 win. Lloyd had three kills during the spurt while Laura Williams recorded one of her two solo blocks on the day. 

Game three was decided by a 6-0 USCA run midway through the contest. Knotted up 14-14, a pair of Gerolstein kills sandwiched the six-straight Lady Pacer points as USCA grabbed the 20-15 advantage and finished off the 30-25 victory. 

USC Aiken will host rival Augusta State on Wednesday, October 27 at 7:00 PM for "Senior Night". The Lady Pacers are 25-6 all-time versus the Lady Jags including having won the last three meetings. USC Upstate will step out of conference play to host Newberry on Tuesday, October 26 at 7:00 PM. 

Short Box Score (Match)
USC Upstate vs USC Aiken (Oct 23, 2004 at Aiken, S.C.)
USC Aiken def. USC Upstate 30-19,30-26,30-25

USC Upstate (12-11, 5-4 PBC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Coff, Stephanie 12-0-2; Rupert, Mandy 9-1-1; Glass, Amber 6-0-5; Kunz, Kristen 4-0-1; Ortlieb, Allison 3-0-2; Pallardy, Shannon 3-1-0; Rosellen, Heidi 0-2-0; Totals 37-4-9.0. (Assists) - Pallardy, Shannon 30. (Dig leaders) - Coff, Stephanie 11; Rupert, Mandy 8.

USC Aiken (18-10, 5-4 PBC) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Lloyd, Jenny 16-1-2; Seidle, Veronica 13-1-1; Gerolstein, Mandy 10-1-5; Williams, Laura 6-0-3; Deardorff, Missy 5-0-2; Dalitz, Rachel 3-4-1; Gayle, Brandi 0-1-0; Totals 53-8-11.0. (Assists) - Dalitz, Rachel 43. (Dig leaders) - Gayle, Brandi 18; Lloyd, Jenny 15; Seidle, Veronica 14; Dalitz, Rachel 10.

Site: Aiken, S.C. (The Courthouse)
Date: Oct 23, 2004 Attend: 105 Time: 1:28