WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College women's volleyball team (6-14, 3-4) earns an important 3-1 Presidents' Athletic Conference victory against the Geneva Golden Tornadoes (7-14, 0-6).
Sophomore
Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) led the Presidents with 12 kills. Classmates
Stella Stossel (Indiana, Pa./Indiana) and
Lola Jacobs (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette) each had 10. Sophomore
Isabella Bottiglieri (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) finished the match with 22 assists. Senior
Brielle Moorhouse (East Liberty, Ohio/Benjamin Logan) had 17.
Defensively, senior
Rian Benz (Strongsville, Ohio/Holy Name) led the Presidents with 14 digs. Classmate
Gabby Leadbitter (Finleyville, Pa./Wheeling Central Catholic) picked up five digs. Senior
Bella Anzevino (Brunswick, Ohio/Buckeye) had two digs and classmate
Anna Watson (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove Area) had one.
Senior
Abby Oldham (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell), along with Moorhouse and Stossel each had three blocks.
The Golden Tornadoes got off to an early 6-1 start in the opening frame before W&J brought the lead back to one. Geneva expanded their lead and the two teams kept trading points until the Golden Tornadoes ultimately took the opening frame 25-19.
W&J got out to an early 10-3 lead with serving runs from Benz, Jacobs, and Bottiglieri. Freshman
Eva McKnight (East Liverpool, Ohio/Beaver Local) had two kills during the stretch. Geneva went on a run to bring the lead back to two at 16-14, the Presidents responded with a run of their own to go back up to 22-14 with serves from Bottiglieri. W&J went on to close out the second set 25-18 to knot the match up at one.
Both teams traded points to start the third before the Red & Black found a spark, obtaining a 14-4 advantage. Stossel had three kills during the run and Dagen recorded two. Benz had two additional kills as W&J extended their advantage to 17-5. The Golden Tornadoes tried to cut in to the W&J lead, but the Presidents held on, taking the third set 25-13.
The Presidents used their momentum from the third set to go on a 12-4 run in the fourth. Dagen had four kills to begin the fourth set. Both teams traded two point runs before the Red & Black secured 10 of the final 12 points to take the match 3-1. Jacobs closed out the match with three kills.
The Presidents return to Salvitti Family Gymnasium on Friday (Oct. 23) when they play host to the Allegheny Gators. The Pink Out Match benefitting the Glock Foundation will begin at 7:00 p.m.
