BETHANY, W. Va. – The Washington & Jefferson College women's volleyball team (7-15, 3-5) picked up a 3-1 road victory over the Bethany Bison (8-15, 3-6) in Presidents' Athletic Conference play.
Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) led the team offensively with 17 kills on the night.
Isabella Bottiglieri (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) led the team in assists with 17 followed by
Brielle Moorhouse (East Liberty, Ohio/Benjamin Logan) with 13. Bottiglieri also led the team on the night with five service aces.
Sydney Allen (Washington, Pa./Trinity) and Moorhouse led the team in digs with 15 and 14, respectively.
Abby Oldham (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) finished the evening with a team-high five total blocks.
The Presidents opened the conference clash with a 25-20 set one victory. W&J went down 17-13 after trading small leads to open the contest. The Presidents sparked a 10-point run to flip the script on the Bison following a timeout, 23-17. Bottiglieri had four service aces during the run. Bethany won two points down the stretch but fell as W&J claimed the final two points on a kill by Dagen and attack error from the Bison.
W&J continued their momentum into the second set, winning 26-24. Each team traded small lead changes to open the match until W&J mounted its largest lead of the set at 16-11. The Presidents built the advantage to 20-15 before the Bison battled back to a 24-22 lead. Two Bison errors and an Allen service ace gave the Presidents a 25-24 lead. A Bethany attack error ended the set in favor of the Red & Black, 26-24.
Bethany claimed set three on the night to prevent a sweep with a decisive 25-16 victory. The Bison grew an early 8-2 lead before eventually growing their advantage to 19-8.
Lola Jacobs (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette) sparked a four-point run with a kill, to no avail as the Bison eventually took the set.
The Presidents came back in the fourth set to complete the necessary 3-1 PAC victory. W&J went down early similar to the prior set, 8-2. The Red & Black went on to claim nine of the ten following points to take an 11-9 lead. Kills from
Emma Padovano (Richwood, Ohio/North Union), Jacobs and Dagen helped elevate the lead to 19-13. Following a service error from the Bison, the Presidents managed to score the final five points to take the road win. Dagen had two kills through the final points of the match.
The Presidents will remain on the road this Saturday (Oct. 31) at Thiel. The Halloween conference match is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start.
