The Citadel Drops Road Contest at ETSU

Thursday, November 5

Johnson City, Tenn. / Brooks Gymnasium

6:00 PM

The Citadel

4-23,1-14SoCon

ETSU

11-15,9-6SoCon

Team	1	2	3	Final F
The Citadel	13	12	13	0
ETSU	25	25	25	3

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11/5/2026 8:26:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: The Citadel Athletics

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — The Citadel (4-23, 1-14 SoCon) fell to ETSU (11-15, 9-6 SoCon) via a 3-0 final mark (13-25, 12-25, 13-25) on Thursday evening at Brooks Gymnasium.

Rachel Reininger led the Bulldogs with eight kills and added one block assist. Cameron Reese finished with four kills, four digs, one service ace and one block assist. Greta Pleuss recorded 13 assists, five digs, one service ace and one block assist. Megan Stone led the back row with 12 digs and added two assists. Luci Lippelgoos and Samantha Weise each contributed two block assists.

Karis Chatfield led ETSU with 12 kills, hitting .333 while adding three service aces and six digs. Makayla Bays finished with 11 kills on a .429 hitting percentage and six digs. Chloe Smith contributed nine kills while hitting .318 and adding two block assists. Bailey Gohlke recorded 20 assists, 10 digs and three service aces, while Melanie Morris collected a team-high 14 digs.

First Set | 13-25
·       The Bulldogs tied the opening set at 1-1 on a combined block from Jordyn Sims and Samantha Weise. Reese recorded a kill and a service ace to cut ETSU's lead to 6-4.
·       ETSU extended its advantage to 16-7 before Reininger recorded a kill to end the scoring run.
·       The Bulldogs put together a four-point run, highlighted by kills from Reese and Sims, to cut the deficit to 17-12.
·       ETSU closed the opening set on an 8-1 run to take a 25-13 victory.

Second Set | 12-25
·       The Citadel opened the second set with a 1-0 lead before ETSU responded with six of the next seven points to take a 6-2 advantage.
·       Reininger and Lippelgoos recorded kills to keep the Bulldogs within striking distance, while Reese and Sims added kills midway through the set.
·       The Bulldogs cut the deficit to 14-10 following consecutive ETSU attack errors.
·       ETSU used a five-point scoring run to extend its lead to 20-11 before securing the second set, 25-12.

Third Set | 13-25
·       Reese opened the Bulldogs' scoring with a kill to tie the set at 1-1. Reininger added a kill to bring The Citadel within one point at 4-3.
·       ETSU responded with a four-point run to extend its lead to 8-3 before the Bulldogs scored consecutive points to make it 8-5.
·       Reininger recorded two kills, while Pleuss added a service ace to cut the deficit to 11-7.
·       Emma Pastusic contributed a kill midway through the set, while Lippelgoos added a kill and combined with Pleuss for a block late in the frame.
·       Reininger recorded the Bulldogs' final point on a kill before ETSU closed the match with a 25-13 third-set victory.

Up Next
The Citadel concludes its two-match Southern Conference series against ETSU on Friday, Nov. 6, at 11 a.m. inside Brooks Gymnasium in Johnson City, Tennessee. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+.