ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The USCA volleyball team earned a spot in the PBC Tournament Championship with a 3-2 win over No. 3 Georgia College Friday afternoon.

The Pacers are now 22-6 on the season.

Head coach Glenn Cox's team was paced by Lexi Rogers' career-high 18-kills. She added 16-digs for a double-double. Bailey Corrigan added 15 kills and 18 digs. Madison Fox and Olivia Moffett also tallied double-doubles. Fox totaled 26 assists and 13 digs while Moffett added 23 assists and 14 digs.

Chloe Duzenack tallied nine kills while Olivia Miller had nine kills and six blocks. Avery Pearson chipped in eight kills while Alli Bishop added seven. Fox and Kira Bostick posted three kills and one kill, respectively.

Bostick was sensational defensively, piling up 28 digs.

Moffett led the team with three aces while Corrigan sliced the defense twice. Bostick and Rogers each had an ace.

USCA trailed 8-5 in the first set before Duzenack scored three straight points – two off kills and one off a combined block with Moffett. A block from Corrigan and Miller gave the Pacers a 9-8 edge. The Bobcats battled back and held a 15-13 lead before Miller and Rogers combined for a block. However, GCSU went on a 4-0 spurt for a 19-14 advantage. A point from Duzenack and a pair of errors by the visitors made it 21-18.

Facing a 23-18 deficit, a service error gave the Pacers a side-out. Bishop hammered home two kills and one from Rogers closed the gap to one, 23-22. Another miscue by the visitors knotted the score at 23-23. The teams traded points, but the Bobcats eventually pulled out the 27-25 win.

Tied at 7-7 in the second frame, Corrigan started a 4-0 spurt with a kill. Duzenack and Pearson added a block while Corrigan hammered home a pass from Moffett en route to an 11-7 lead. Up 12-11, an error by the Bobcats made it a two-point contest. Fox recorded a kill before Corrigan's ace made it 15-11. Two more miscues by GCSU pushed the margin to six, 17-11. Up 19-15, Bishop added a kill. The Bobcats made it 24-20 before Duzenack finished the set with a thunderous point.

After losing the third set, USCA held a 13-10 margin in the fourth frame. An error by the visitors, coupled with a block from Bishop and Pearson and a kill from Corrigan stretched the margin to six, 16-10. Another three-point swing in favor of the Pacers pushed the score to 24-15. Two plays later, a service error sent the match to a fifth set.

Trailing 4-3 early on, a service error gave the Pacers a side-out. Miller and Rogers hammered home kills for a two-point cushion. Tied at 6-6, two errors by the Bobcats and an ace from Rogers propelled Cox's team to a 9-6 lead. Up 11-9, Corrigan and Rogers each found the court for points. Holding a 13-11 margin, Pearson and Miller sealed the deal with back-to-back kills.

For the match, USCA tallied 70 kills and hit .243. The team dished out 65 assists, served up seven aces and had eight total blocks. Cox's group notched 100 digs.

The Pacers return to action tomorrow at 2 p.m. for the PBC Championship. Live stats and video will be available at PacerSports.com.