The Virginia Wesleyan University women's volleyball team (13-0, 2-0 ODAC) defeated conference opponent Guilford 3-1, winning 25-11, 19-25, 25-14, and 25-21.

Hannah Smith had a banner night, as she led the team with 21 kills, with a .348 hitting percentage, two service aces, and 19 digs. On her 13th kill of the evening, she reached 1,000 career kills, moving her into seventh place in VWU program history for career kills, and now has 1,008 career kills.

Alexis Shaw did well, as she registered 11 kills, with four block assists, and three digs. Breana Brooks had nine kills, with a .500 hitting percentage, one solo block, and four block assists.

Niya Nash tallied a team-high 47 assists, had two kills, two service aces, one block assist, and 15 digs, and teammate Skylar Rivers recorded a team-high 23 digs, had five assists, and three service aces.

Guilford got out to a quick 2-0 lead with two early kills, putting VWU immediately on their heels. But then Virginia Wesleyan answered in force: by the time the score hit 7-3, VWU had clawed back with kills and a service ace. From there, VWU began a dominant stretch, building up a big lead. The scoreboard showed 20-8 midway through, as the Marlins went on an 11-1 run. VWU maintained that commanding pace, closing out the set 25-11.

In the second set, the early momentum swung back and forth, with both teams moving up and exchanging points through long rallies. Guilford managed to edge ahead in the mid-set with a 10-7 lead. The two teams traded points until the Quakers went on a large 9-1 run to take a 20-10 lead. VWU fought back and cut the deficit to 24-19, but Guilford went on to win the set 25-19.

VWU opened the third set with a strong start, going up 3-1 early, and then extended their lead to 9-2 with aggressive attacking and a service ace. Guilford chipped away at the Marlins' lead and brought the score to 12-8. However, Virginia Wesleyan went on a 4-0 run to lead 16-8, they kept up their good run of play and outscored the host 9-6 to seal the 25-14 win.

The fourth set was the tightest of the match, but the Marlins quickly built a 7-2 lead to start the set. The two teams traded points until the Quakers went on a 5-0 run to cut the lead to 11-10, but the Marlins countered with a 5-0 run of their own to increase their lead to 16-10. Virginia Wesleyan kept up the pressure and went on a 7-1 run to take a 23-13. However, Guilford responded with an 8-0 run to bring the score to 23-21. VWU stopped that run with a 2-0 run to seal the win at 25-21.