HAMPTON, Va. – Celebrating Senior Day with eight seniors, the Hampton volleyball team dropped a five-set thriller to Presbyterian 21-25, 25-18, 25-22, 10-25, 15-13 on Saturday afternoon.

Hampton jumped out to a 15-10 lead after an Alyah Barkley kill in the opening set, but the Blue Hose rallied to tie the match at 21.  Kills by Leanna Caldwell, Clara Smith and two from Gabby Calloway put Hampton up 25-21 for the opening set win.

Presbyterian took the next two before Hampton opened the fourth scoring the first eight points as a Calloway ace gave them an 8-0 lead en route to a 25-10 fourth set win.  The final set saw 10 ties  as an attack error evened the match at 13 for the final tie. 

Smith had 15 kills and Barkley added 14 for Hampton, while Calloway had eight kills, 16 digs and four aces.