SALISBURY, N.C. — The Catawba College women's volleyball team put the brooms to work on home court for a third consecutive match with a 3-0 win over South Atlantic Conference opponent Newberry on Tuesday evening at Goodman Arena.

TEAM STATS
- Catawba (8-8, 5-6 SAC) exceeded the .300 mark on offense for back-to-back matches, out-hitting the Wolves (8-8, 3-6 SAC) .305-.118
- Serve receive kept the Catawba Indians behind Newberry in the aces column 6-4, but the hosts had one fewer error
- The blue and white tied their three-set high in blocking, making seven stops while Newberry tacked on two
- Catawba led the way in most statistical categories including kills (45-31), assists (40-30) and digs (54-41)

INDIVIDUAL STATS
- Sofia Beard held the advantage offensively with 12 kills and eight digs
- Lillie Kate Rogers chalked up a double-double with exactly 10 kills and 10 digs
- Martina Foster and Sydney Wattles combined for 15 kills on a .583 hitting percentage
- Tamie Boudot and Haley Moffett dished out 18 assists apiece with Boudot coming close to a double-double at nine digs
- Riley Hill scooped out 17 attacks as one of four Catawba Indians to record a service ace in the match
- Jordan Duzenack dominated play at the net with five stuffs, followed by Wattles at four stops

HEAR FROM COACH FERGUSON
On the team's third straight sweep…
"It just felt a little different out there tonight. They felt in control, we were just going at a nice clip … the players did a really good job of processing the scouting plan and executing it, and then taking care of the junk and the scramble plays."

On the third set…
"I think we got a little sloppy at key moments. We weren't as clean on serve receive in that set. We were trying to make some mid-match adjustments that took us a point or two to make, so then we were getting (away from) some of the other things we needed to take care of."

HEAR FROM SYDNEY WATTLES
On what contributed to her strong performance…
"I would say just always looking forward to the next play, and honestly we had some really great sets. Haley (Moffett) was killing it, Riley (Hill) was killing it, the defense was really good. A lot of pushing it toward whichever angles the (Newberry) middle wasn't going toward. In general, it was just a full-team effort."

On what she likes most about the team…
"(In) this group, everyone pushes everyone. Brenn even gets on us for the fake compliments like the 'oh, good job' if it's not earned. So every compliment is earned and every mistake is out in the open; everyone is trying to help each other get better every step of the way."

UP NEXT
The Catawba Indians head to Mossy Creek on Friday, Oct. 24, for a date with Carson-Newman. First serve against the Eagles is scheduled for 7 p.m.