GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Camels wrapped up the regular season with a four-set win and weekend sweep at NC A&T Sunday afternoon. Campbell finished the regular season 16-12, 13-5 and will be the #3 seed in next week's CAA tournament.
The CAA Tournament gets underway Thursday in Towson, Md., with Campbell facing the #6 seed at 6:30 p.m. on FloSports.
Gwen Wolkow continued her strong end to the season by tying her career-high with 18 kills. The sophomore notched 35 total kills on the weekend, her most in a weekend of her career.
Chloe Cook notched 12 kills, with her ninth of the day making her Campbell's newest member of the 1,000 kill club. The senior is having her best year yet, with new career highs in kills (306), and kills/set (2.94).
For the second day in a row Campbell took the first set 27-25. It looked like Campbell was cruising to a first-set win after going up 22-15 and later had four set points.
Chloe Cook and
Emily Campe logged back-to-back kills to give Campbell the set and a 1-0 lead.
It was more of the same in the second, with another 27-25 win to take a 2-0 advantage. This set remained closer throughout, with no lead greater than three. This time with the set tied 25-25,
Gwen Wolkow stepped up for a pair of kills to end the set.
The Aggies grabbed the third set 25-19. Campbell's offense took a step back, hitting a match-low .121 in the third. A&T used a 5-0 run in the middle stages of the set to take a lead it wouldn't surrender.
Campbell closed out the match and the regular season with a 25-20 win in the fourth set. This time it was a big Campbell run that proved to be the difference, scoring six straight to go from down one to leading 22-17 and coast to the finish line.
Campbell finishes with a winning record for the fifth straight season, adding to the longest period of sustained success in program history. 2023 also marks eight straight seasons of a winning record in league play.