BOONE, N.C. – Appalachian State Volleyball continued to assert itself as the premier team in the SoCon with a 3-0 sweep of visiting Wofford on Sunday night at the Holmes Center.

The Mountaineers (15-7, 7-1 SoCon) picked up their fifth-straight win to stay alone atop the SoCon North while the Terriers (13-11, 2-6) dropped their fourth-straight match overall and third-straight in conference play.

Appalachian took an early 10-6 lead in the first set before Wofford battle back with six-straight points to take a 12-10 lead midway through the set. The Mountaineers responded by scoring 10 of the next 13 points to take a 20-15 lead en route to a 25-22 set win.

The Apps dominated the second set by storming out to a 3-0 lead it would never relinquish. Appalachian State led by as many as 11 points on two occasions during the second set before Anna Wagner gave the Mountaineers the 25-13 set victory with one of her match-high 11 kills.

Wofford proved to be no challenge again in the third set as the Apps never trailed and led by as many as nine points late in the final set. Appalachian would lead by as many as nine points late in the match before closing things out with a 25-15 third-set victory.

As a team, the Mountaineers hit .233 while holding Wofford to a .000 hitting percentage. The Terriers committed 22 attack errors while Appalachian committed 17. Wofford finished with a 10-7 edge in blocks but allowed seven ASU service aces.

Wagner led all players in kills while recording eight digs and three block assists. Alison Blasingame had nine kills, five block assists and two aces while Kelly Rhein had seven kills, three aces and nine digs.

Courtney Rhein had a match-high 17 digs and Kasey Sauls had 20 assists and 13 digs.

The Mountaineers return to action at College of Charleston on Friday at 7 p.m. before traveling to The Citadel at 6 p.m. on Saturday. ASU will return home with a 7 p.m. match against UNCG on Oct. 28.

MATCH NOTES: Appalachian's 7-1 start in SoCon play is its best mark through eight conference matches since 2006... ASU has won seven-straight matches at home, its longest home winning streak since the 2007 season... the 3-0 sweep of Wofford is the first time that Appalachian has swept three SoCon opponents in a row since 2007... with her three block assists on Sunday, Maggie Seeds needs just two more to pass Amy Lewis for ninth all-time... Seeds has recorded 236 block assists in her career... Appalachian held Wofford to a hitting percentage of .000, the lowest of any opponent since ASU held North Carolina A&T to a -.086 percentage on Aug. 27, 2010... the Mountaineers improved to 9-1 at home this season... six of Appalachian's nine home wins have been 3-0 sweeps.