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title: "Charleston Southern Tops Gardner-Webb in North Charleston"
url: https://www.herecharleston.com/2026/10/24/charleston-southern-volleyball-beats-gardner-webb-four-sets/
date: 2026-10-24T06:55:38-04:00
modified: 2026-10-24T06:55:38-04:00
author: "Sherri Kumar"
categories: ["Sports"]
site: "HERE Charleston"
attribution: "HERE Charleston"
---

# Charleston Southern Tops Gardner-Webb in North Charleston

> NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston Southern volleyball beat Gardner-Webb 3-1 in North Charleston on Friday, kicking off the school's Alumni Weekend with a home win. Set scores were 27-25, 25-17, 22-25 and 25-11. The Buccaneers moved to 11-10 on the season and 3-5 in Big South play. Gardner-Webb dropped to 14-9 and 4-4 in the

*Source: [HERE Charleston](https://www.herecharleston.com/2026/10/24/charleston-southern-volleyball-beats-gardner-webb-four-sets/) — October 24, 2026 by Sherri Kumar*

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston Southern volleyball beat Gardner-Webb 3-1 in North Charleston on Friday, kicking off the school’s Alumni Weekend with a home win. Set scores were 27-25, 25-17, 22-25 and 25-11.

The Buccaneers moved to 11-10 on the season and 3-5 in Big South play. Gardner-Webb dropped to 14-9 and 4-4 in the league.

After Gardner-Webb claimed the third set to stay alive, the Bucs broke open the fourth, going from a 5-5 tie to a 14-5 lead on the way to the clinching win.

Brynn Minter paced Charleston Southern with 18 kills and 19 digs. Emma Bednarek did not commit an attack error, posting eight kills on 14 swings with six blocks. Junior setter Tristin Sutton set a career high with 19 digs to go with 22 assists.

The defense was the story of the night. The Bucs totaled 96 digs, the sixth-highest figure for a four-set match in school history, while the visitors managed only 27 kills and hit just .039. Charleston Southern hosts Winthrop on Saturday afternoon, while Gardner-Webb heads to Clinton to play Presbyterian at 2 p.m.