The Belmont Abbey volleyball team used two late rallies in sets two and three to claim a 3-0 sweep over the visiting Mount Olive College Trojans this afternoon at the Wheeler Center in Conference Carolinas action. Set scores were 25-19, 26-24 and 25-23. The Abbey, winners of two-straight, move to 6-4 overall and 2-0 in Conference Carolinas, while Mount Olive drops to 4-6 overall and 1-2 in Conference Carolinas.

After a relatively easy set one win, the Abbey trailed 23-18 late in set two, but the Crusaders ran off six-straight points to grab a 24-23 edge. The Crusaders used two kills by Stefanie Holler and a pair of service aces by Molly Gwaltney, the second of which tied the set at 23. Holler followed with another score to give the Abbey its first lead since 17-16.

A kill by Mount Olive's Erika Conner momentarily knotted the set at 24, but an ensuing service error, followed by a Lydia Schellenberg knockdown, ended the set to give the Abbey a 2-0 lead.

In the third, the Trojans led 17-12 before the Crusaders claimed eight of the next 11 points, capped off by a Holler kill, to move the Abbey in front 21-20. The Trojans won the next two points on a kill from Carly White and an Abbey attack error, but another kill from Holler, and an error from Mount Olive, pushed the Abbey back ahead 23-22.

White kept the Trojan hopes alive with a kill to deadlock the frame at 23, but a Bria James kill on the next sideout gave the Abbey match point. Heather Wagner's serve was true, but it was misplayed on the Mount Olive end with a ball handling error to end the contest.

Holler and Angela Jubb both led the Crusaders with ten kills apiece. Jubb posted ten kills with just two errors on 23 total attacks (.348) while adding four digs, three service aces and three block assists. Holler hit a torrid .571, posting ten kills with two errors on 14 total attacks. She added a pair of digs. Gwaltney handed out 19 assists and had three service aces. Kay Schellenberg added 13 assists. Lydia Schellenberg tied for the match high with 11 digs.

Mount Olive was led by White's match-high 17 kills. Conner added 12. Destiny Ma'ave-Kuewa handed out 38 assists and posted five digs. Lauren Lee led Mount Olive with 11 digs as it won that category by a 33-28 count.