The Cougars (7-5) hit .301 for the match and had four different players record double-digits in kills, while Charleston Southern (5-10) hit .274 for the match.

Junior Emily Neideffer tallied a season-high attack percentage of .714 with 10 kills on 14 attempts and no errors. That hitting mark ranks second in the Southern Conference this season for a single match, and fourth in school history.

Junior Darcy Dorton tallied her sixth double-double of the season as she made 21 kills and 12 digs, hitting a season-best .436 attack percentage.

Freshman Melissa Morello bested her season high with 13 kills, while Kerstin Koehler made 10 kills (.474) with four blocks. Senior Kelly Kolich hit a season-best .462 with seven kills and just one error. Emily Shelton continued her impressive number of digs with 26, averaging 6.2 per set, and Taeler Davis finished with 60 assists, just two from her career high.

"It's always nice to get a road win," head coach Jason Kepner said. "We played three really good games and I give Charleston Southern a lot of credit for how they played in that third game. We continue to need to be a little more consistent in entire match, but it's still a great win coming off a tough loss to Michigan State and getting ready for Elon."

The Buccaneers were led by Kayla Klinger's 15 kills (.308) and 12 digs. Siraya Windsor also reached double digits with 11 kills and 13 digs.

College of Charleston and the Buccaneers were knotted up throughout most of the first set, with both teams using roll shots to find space in the middle of the floor. The Cougars eventually went on a 4-0 run to extend a 16-14 lead to 20-14 and take control of the set. Dorton made 10 kills in the first set and hit .643 with only one error, as the Cougars hit .326 as a team.

CSU built a 19-13 lead in the second set, but the Cougars went on a 7-2 run to pull to within 21-20 and force a Buccaneer timeout. College of Charleston kept pushing and eventually took a 24-23 lead and won the set, 25-23. Lizzie Theesfeld stepped up big in the final points of the set, notching kills from the left side on the last two points of the set. She finished with four kills in the set as the Cougars again hit .326.

The Cougars fell behind yet again in the middle of the third set, but Charleston Southern did not let CofC recover from the 17-12 deficit and went on to win the third set, 25-16. CSU hit .519 in the third set with just one error, led by Klinger's four kills. The Cougars countered with an attack mark of just .161.

College of Charleston rebounded in the fourth game, building a three-point lead early and then pulling away from a one-point lead to go up 20-16. Several big blocks from Neideffer and Koehler fronted the CofC defense, but the Bucs strung several successful attacks together to nearly erase the Cougar lead, bringing the margin to 21-19. The Cougars came out firing from a called timeout to win the final four points of the set and win, 25-19.

The Cougars will open SoCon play at Elon on Saturday night at 7 p.m.