Old Dominion's late third-set push falls short at Georgia Southern

Old Dominion erased a five-point deficit late in the third set but lost the last two points as Georgia Southern completed a women's volleyball sweep Saturday, October 3, at Hanner Fieldhouse. The Eagles won 25–20, 25–11, 25–23.

Trailing 23–18 in the third, ODU drew level through attacks by Wiktoria Zagumny and Weronika Urbanska and Georgia Southern errors. The Eagles then closed out the match.

Urbanska, Rita Benidio and Leilani Lawrence shared ODU's team lead with seven kills each. Adrienne Peji recorded 19 digs, and Zagumny had 10 assists.

Georgia Southern held an 11–2 advantage in blocks and limited the Monarchs to .096 hitting. ODU fell to 4–11 overall and 0–4 in the Sun Belt; Georgia Southern improved to 12–4 and 4–0.

Sources: Official report or box score.

Prepared with AI assistance using the linked sources. Visual: NSMT illustration; not a photograph of this game.