AIKEN, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken volleyball team posted a 3-1 victory over Lander Thursday night in a Peach Belt Conference contest.

The Pacers improve to 22-3 on the year, including an 11-2 record against league foes. The Bearcats fall to 18-8 overall and 6-7 against conference competition.

Amber Hendry posted a career-high 22 kills while hitting .390. The 22 kills are tied for eighth most in a four-set match in school history. Julia Forster, Shawn Hotson and Emily Teelon all garnered double-doubles in the victory. Forster totaled 15 kills and a career-high 21 digs. Hotson had 11 kills and 22 digs while Teelon put up 50 assists and 15 digs. Christine Carroll chipped in nine kills.

Defensively, Danielle Mercer accounted for 17 digs and seven assists. With the 17-dig performance, Mercer now has over 1,000 for her career and stands in third place for digs in a single season with 538.

Tied at 13 in the opening set, Forster started a 7-0 run with a thunderous kill. Hendry followed it up with a point of her own before an attack error by the visitors forced a time-out.

After returning from the break, Forster served up an ace. Hendry and Hotson slammed home kills before a miscue by LU made it 20-13.

Although the Bearcats made it a three-point contest, Kassy Johannsen and Carroll put away kills to make it 22-17. Two straight errors by the Bearcats and a kill from Johannsen gave the first set to the Pacers.

USC Aiken dropped the second set and fell behind 12-6 in the third frame before Forster sparked the team with a kill. Carroll registered an ace to make it 12-8. The Pacers knotted the score at 15-15 when Hendry slammed home a pass from Teelon.

Trailing 20-19, Forster tied the frame with a point. An error by LU gave head coach Glenn Cox's team a lead it would not relinquish. Hendry recorded a kill before Forster split the defense with an ace. Another point from Hendry made it 24-20. After the visitors scored a pair of points, Alicia Hines found a hole between three individuals along the front line for the winning tally.

The fourth stanza was tied at 10-10 before Hines and Hendry answered with back-to-back kills. Hendry notched two kills and an error by the Bearcats pushed the margin to 15-11 in favor of the home team.

Another huge run by the Pacers came with the score sitting at 18-15. Teelon flipped the ball over her head for a kill. Hendry had a pair of kills while Hotson had one. LU's second attack error in the run made it 24-15. Forster closed the door on the Bearcats with a baseline winner.

The Pacers return to action Friday, Nov. 4, when they travel to Columbus State for a 7 p.m., match. Live stats and video will be available at PacerSports.com.