NEWBERRY - A raucous Friday night crowd witnessed the Newberry Wolves pull off a fantastic come-from-behind victory, as the scarlet and gray took a 3-2 (24-26, 16-25, 25-17, 25-21, 15-8) win from the Carson-Newman Eagles in Eleazer Arena.

With the win, Newberry is now 7-1 overall and 2-1 in South Atlantic Conference play entering a 2 p.m. Saturday match with Lincoln Memorial (5-5, 1-1 SAC). Carson-Newman is now 6-4 overall and 1-2 in the league.

The Wolves were led by a spectacular offensive performance from Jessica King (Los Angeles, Calif.), who hit for a hitting percentage with 18 kills and only three errors while chipping in on three blocks.

Samantha Parrish (Angola, Ind.) added yet another double-double to her record with 19 kills and 15 digs. Amanda Soper (Simi Valley, Calif.) had 12 kills and Logan Hayward (Sylvania, Ohio) notched 10 kills and 11 digs for her second straight double-double.

Chelsea Mayor (Sugar Land, Texas) passed out 46 assists, while Elayni Stokes (Houston, Texas) had 15 digs.

"I'm really proud of the steadiness and compsure we showed tonight," said head coach Todd Hay. "Anytime you're down two sets to none, it's very easy to feel dejected and we didn't show that tonight - even in the huddles, you could see it in their faces that we wanted to win tonight."

"I'm extremely proud of Jessica King. She hit a great night hitting over .500 and really giving Carson-Newman some trouble. The big turning point in the match was in set three when our passing steadied out a little bit. It wasn't great all night, and we need to work on that, but it steadied out as we went along and that allowed up to run our offense to our middles, which is a sign we're doing things well."

"I'm very proud of the way our student body and community supported us tonight and we had an awesome atmosphere. Hopefully we can ride this momentum into the Lincoln Memorial match tomorrow and finish up with a 3-0 week."

The match did not get off to a fantastic start, as the Eagles went on a surge in the first set, spreading a one-point lead to five at 18-13. The Wolves fought back and tied the set at 24-all, but two consecutive attack errors gave Carson-Newman the set. C-N hit only .088 in the set compared to a .114 clip for Newberry, but the Wolves had two more errors on the final two points.

The Eagles had their best set of the match in the second set, hitting .282 with 14 kills and three errors. Newberry was limited to .053 with eight errors, giving the guests the edge in the match.

Newberry responded with an outstanding offensive performance in the third set, hitting .407 in the set, led by six kills from Parrish. The defensive effort was strong as well, holding Carson-Newman to a .000 rate. The Newberry rolls started in the middle of the set, as the Wolves went from a 10-9 lead to a 19-12 advantage.

The Wolves tied up the match with a very impressive fourth set, knocking down 21 kills on the 25 points in the set. Parrish and King each had six kills, while Soper added five. Carson-Newman was able to make four blocks to help claw back from a Newberry lead. The Wolves were up 20-15, but the Eagles managed to pull back and tie the set at 21-all. Newberry put the set to rest with four straight points to head to the decisive fifth set.

After a nip-and-tuck start to the set, Newberry pulled away with another impressive set, committing only one attack error. Hayward led the Wolves with three kills in the set. After a 3-all tie, Newberry scored nine of the next 11 points to push out to a strong lead on a Hayward solo block. It was the freshman again at the end, putting the match away with an emphatic kill and set off the celebration. Newberry hit .474 in the set, while Carson-Newman had three errors and hit .222.