WILMINGTON, N.C. – Both senior Sydney Biniak and sophomore Autumn Brenner made school history as the William & Mary volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (25-21, 25-12, 25-20) decision at CAA foe UNCW on Friday night. Biniak surpassed 400 kills on the year, and Brenner became the active leader in career assists in the current scoring era to highlight the Tribe's (5-24, 2-13) penultimate match of the season with the Seahawks (10-17, 4-11 CAA).
 
Biniak joined elite company as one of only three other W&M players to ever exceed 400 single-season kills. The last to do so was Erin Skipper '08 (419) back in 2008. Binaik and Skipper are the only two players to accomplish the feat in the rally scoring era. The four-year captain tied a team-high eight kills against UNCW to bring her season total to 405.
 
Brenner replaced Cassie Crumal '10 as W&M's career assist leader in the 25-point record books. The McLean, Va., native needed just seven helpers to set the new standard coming into the match, and dished a team-best 17 to bring her career assist total to 1,415. Brenner also chipped in six digs and served an ace.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Junior Heather Pippus recorded a near double-double with eight kills and digs on the night.
- Freshmen Julia Brown and Kate Dedrick also contributed to the offense with seven kills each.
- Fellow rookies Katie Turner and Lauren Moussaid recorded nine digs apiece.
- The Seahawks offense registered a .300-plus hitting efficiency in the first two sets and finished the match hitting .294.
- UNCW's Brynn Montgomery recorded the top performance with 30 assists and six digs. Halle Hunt also served up five of the Seahawks' eight aces. 

Notes
Biniak is one block away from reaching 200 in her career… Biniak also needs 15 kills to set a new single-season record in the current scoring system…Brenner now ranks ninth in service aces (42) in the 25-point scoring format…Senior Austyn Ames checked in for her third consecutive appearance, tallying six digs and an ace…The Tribe still boasts a commanding all-time series lead over the Seahawks at 51-13.
 
Quotable
"I thought we started off strong and were running our offense well. As the set wore on, our serve receive broke down and our offense became predictable. We had some moments of brilliance and some moments where we allowed the other team to get a run of too many points. Sunday is a wonderful opportunity for us to play Tribe Volleyball and send the seniors out in style." – head coach Melissa Ferris.
 
Up Next
The Tribe wraps up the 2017 season at conference-leading College of Charleston on Sunday at 1 pm. Video stream and live stat links for the match are available on the schedule page at TribeAthletics.com.