FLORENCE, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken volleyball team snapped a five-match losing streak with a 3-2 (25-19, 13-25, 18-25, 25-18, 15-13) Peach Belt Conference win over Francis Marion at the Smith University Center on Saturday afternoon.

USC Aiken (6-9, 1-1 PBC) opened the match by hitting .364 in the first game en route to a 25-19 victory. The tide would turn in the Patriots' favor in the next two sets as Francis Marion claimed the next two games to take a 2-1 advantage into the fourth set.

In the fourth game, Francis Marion (4-8, 0-2 PBC) looked as if it was going to pick up the match victory as they owned an 11-8 lead early in the fourth set. USC Aiken would then earn the next seven points to own a 15-11 lead. They would not look back from there as they rolled on to a 25-18 victory in the fourth game.

In the decisive fifth game, the two teams battled back and forth before USC Aiken held off the Patriots to emerge with a 15-13 win.

Four different Pacers recorded double-digit kills in the match with Leah Rodgers (Longwood, Fla./Lake Mary) leading the way with 14 kills. Shannon Byers (Morristown, Minn./Faribault) and Hannah Tierney (Winchester, Va./James Wood) both concluded the match with 11 kills, while Susan MacClary (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) acquired 10 kills in the match.

Pacer libero Claire Patten (Boulder, Colo./Mercer) led all in the match with 20 digs.

Sheila Walsh (Fort Mill, S.C./Nation Ford) and Ashley Farwell (Wake Forest, N.C./Wake Forest-Rolesville) paced the USC Aiken attack in the match with both finishing with over 20 assists in the Pacer victory. Walsh ended the match with 26 assists, while Farwell assisted on 22 Pacer points.

Ashlee Crook led the Francis Marion attack with 14 kills. Hallie Legg ended the match with 17 digs for the Patriots.