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On Oct. 11, the Troy Trojans (7-9, 2-4) lost by a score of 3-2 to the Georgia Southern Eagles (14-1, 4-0) in a Sun Belt Conference volleyball match.

The win completed the conference sweep over the Trojans for Georgia Southern. Troy won the first set 25-21 but Georgia Southern responded by taking the next two sets 25-14 and 25-22. Troy rebounded to tie things up with a 25-22 win in the fourth set. In the final set, the Eagles claimed the match victory with a 15-12 win.

“I was proud of our competitive effort tonight,” Troy Coach Josh Lauer said. “Kudos to Georgia Southern for making some plays at the right time that helped them end up on the right side of the win column, but I think this is a game that we can learn a lot from and gives us a chance to move forward and get better this week.”

Tori Hester led Troy with 22 kills, two assists, four aces and 13 digs, while Amiah Butler tallied 17 kills, one ace, 11 digs and one block. Ella Broadhead earned three kills, one assist and three blocks, while Audrey Worthington also totaled three blocks. Janelle Stuempfig dished 38 assists, while Jordan Sinness also earned 19 assists. Olivia Kwiatkowski earned a career-high 16 kills in the match, which was her first action since early September.

Hester surpassed 1,500 kills during the match, making her just the fourth player in Troy history to reach that milestone.

Jillian Gray led Georgia Southern with 14 kills, three assists, two aces, eight digs and four blocks.

Troy is back at home this weekend for another conference series against Louisiana Oct. 18-19.