WILSON, N.C. – The Chowan Volleyball team suffered a straight sets loss to Barton in Conference Carolinas action on Wednesday evening on the road.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 0, Barton 3

RECORDS | Chowan 3-8 (1-4), Barton 4-6 (2-3)

LOCATION | Wilson, N.C. (Fike HS)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Anixa Rosa-Martinez led the Hawks with 11 kills.  Ann-Marie Johnson recorded seven kills and a solo block.

Katie Houston and Sydney Hiner posted 14 and 10 digs respectively.

Chowan would notch double-digit kill totals in the second and third sets.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Set:

Anixa Rosa-Martinez would put the Hawks on the board in the first set with a kill before the Bulldogs opened the match to 9-3.  Rosa-Martinez notched back-to-back kills along with errors by Barton to close the gap to 12-9.

Barton would push their lead to 18-11 prior to a kill by Sydney Hiner and Chloe Putnam to trim the deficit once again, 18-15.

Errors by the Bulldogs closed the gap slightly before taking the set 25-18.

Second Set:

Chloe Putnam and Ann-Marie Johnson posted a kill each along with kills by Sydney Hiner and Anixa Rosa-Martinez to lead 6-4.

A run of errors and service aces allowed Barton to take the lead 14-9 to force a Chowan timeout.  The errors would swap sides to allow Chowan to cut into the deficit 18-16 after Ann-Marie Johnson and Anixa Rosa-Martinez' kills.

Two more kills by Anixa Rosa-Martinez evened the set at 22-all, but Barton would take the set 25-22.

Third Set:

Anixa Rosa-Martinez and Ann-Marie Johnson helped the Hawks lead 8-6 early in the set.  Rosa-Martinez notched a kill before a 7-1 run by the Bulldogs opened the set.

Sydney Hiner, Ann-Marie Johnson, Hannah Sladick, and Chloe Putnam finished the set with a kill.

Barton capped off the set and match with a pair of service aces.

UP NEXT

Chowan returns home to take on Lees-McRae and King in Conference Carolinas action on Friday and Saturday, October 11-12.