Bulldogs Secure SoCon Win Over Furman

Tuesday, October 6

Charleston, S.C.

6:00 PM

The Citadel

4-13,1-4SoCon

Furman

8-8,2-3SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Furman	24	22	25	22	1
The Citadel	26	25	20	25	3

Jordyn Sims and Greta Pleuss celebration vs. Furman

Bulldogs Secure SoCon Win Over Furman

10/6/2026 8:56:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: The Citadel Athletics

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel (4-13, 1-4 SoCon) defeated Furman (8-8, 2-3 SoCon), 3-1 (26-24, 25-22, 20-25, 25-22), Tuesday night inside McAlister Field House to earn their first Southern Conference win of the season.

Cameron Reese led the Bulldogs with a career-high 15 kills and 10 digs. Rachel Reininger matched Reese with a team-high 15 kills and added seven digs. Greta Pleuss recorded a double-double with 38 assists, 10 digs, and three block assists, while Megan Stone collected a career- and team-high 18 digs and added three service aces.

The Bulldogs recorded nine service aces and seven total blocks in the victory. The Citadel has posted at least nine aces in two consecutive matches and surpassed the 100-ace mark for the season, reaching 104.

Izzy Castelloe led Furman with 16 kills and 18 points while adding two blocks. Kennedy Seekford recorded a team-high 24 digs and 10 assists, while Lauren Haynes posted 14 kills and 21 digs. Kacie Moore added nine kills without an attack error, hit .375 and recorded four blocks.

First Set | 26-24
·       Furman used kills from Haynes and an ace from Moore to build a 9-5 advantage before the Bulldogs responded with kills from Reininger and Jordyn Sims during a 5-1 run to tie the set at 10-10.
·       Furman moved back in front, 14-11, before The Citadel won seven of the next eight rallies. Reese and Luci Lippelgoos recorded kills during the stretch, while Stone added an ace to give the Bulldogs an 18-15 lead.
·       Reininger put The Citadel at set point, 24-20, before Furman scored four straight to tie the frame at 24-24.
·       Elizabeth Miller gave the Bulldogs the lead with a kill before Stone closed the set with an ace for the 26-24 victory.

Second Set | 25-22
·       Following a 5-5 tie, The Citadel scored four straight points behind kills from Lippelgoos and Reininger and an ace from Reese to take a 9-5 lead.
·       Lippelgoos recorded three service aces as the Bulldogs extended their advantage to 14-6.
·       Furman answered with five straight points to cut a 15-7 deficit to 15-12 behind kills from Campbell Woods, Emily Navarro and Tennyson Gorman.
·       Reininger recorded kills at 23-19 and 24-21 before a Furman attack error secured the 25-22 set.

Third Set | 20-25
·       The Bulldogs took a 7-5 lead behind kills from Miller and Reininger before a block from Pleuss and Miller made it 8-6.
·       The teams traded points through ties at 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 13-13, 15-15 and 16-16, with Lippelgoos and Reininger helping the Bulldogs stay even.
·       Furman broke the 16-16 tie with four straight points, including three Haynes kills, to take a 20-16 lead.
·       The Citadel pulled within 20-18 behind kills from Sims and Reese, but Furman scored five of the final seven points to take the set, 25-20.

Fourth Set | 25-22
·       Sims opened the set with consecutive kills before a Sims-Lippelgoos block and a Stone ace gave the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead. Furman answered with four straight points to tie the set.
·       The Citadel turned a 10-9 lead into a 14-9 advantage behind an ace from Gwen Berry and a Reese-Miller block. Kills from Reese, Lippelgoos and Berry later pushed the margin to 17-12.
·       Furman pulled within 21-20 behind three consecutive kills from Ashley Stein, but Reininger answered with a kill before Emerson Hill added an ace.
·       Reininger finished the match with a kill off a Pleuss assist to give the Bulldogs the 25-22 fourth-set victory.