GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College women's volleyball team (7-16, 3-6) dropped a conference road game by a 3-1 score to the Thiel Tomcats (10-8, 6-3) in Greenville, Pa.
Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) finished with a team-high 15 kills to go along with 12 digs.
Aubrey Fetchik (Chardon, Ohio/Chardon) reached double figures with 11 kills and totaled four blocks.
Kenna Adams (Finleyville, Pa./Ringgold) and
Abby Oldham (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) finished with nine kills and eight kills, respectively.
Isabella Bottiglieri (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) produced a team-high 25 assists.
Brielle Moorhouse (East Liberty, Ohio/Benjamin Logan) added 22 assists to go along with four kills from her setter spot.
Sydney Allen (Washington, Pa./Trinity) led the Presidents in digs (18) and service aces (3).
The Presidents battled for all four sets but ultimately dropped close decisions in the first and third sets in the loss.
The two teams split the opening two sets. Thiel edged W&J by a 27-25 margin in the first set. The Tomcats pulled out to an early 15-8 advantage. However, the Presidents worked themselves back into it with nine of the next 11 points. Back-to-back kills by
Eva McKnight (East Liverpool, Ohio/Beaver Local) and Dagen made the score 17-17. A few points later, W&J used a kill by Fetchik to take a 21-20 lead. The Tomcats responded with four-straight points to regain the advantage. The Presidents evened the score at 24 and again at 25 before the Tomcats recorded the final two points to take the set.
W&J came out strong in the second set. The Presidents led by a 10-2 margin following a kill by Dagen. Consecutive kills and a block by Fetchik helped W&J extend the lead into double figures at 17-7. Despite a brief run by the Tomcats, W&J tallied the final three points on a kill by Adams and a pair of aces by Allen, taking the set by a 25-18 score.
A mid-set run of seven-straight points allowed W&J to take a 17-14 lead in the third set. The Presidents eventually extended the advantage to five points (22-17) when Fetchik contributed three more points on an assisted block and consecutive kills. The Tomcats battled back and overcame a pair of set points for the Presidents to take the set by a 27-25 score.
The two teams continued to trade points throughout the bulk of the fourth set. However, the Tomcats tallied seven-straight points to erase a one-point deficit and pull in front 23-17. The Presidents tallied three of the next four points but ultimately fell by a 25-20 score in the fourth.
For the match, the Red and Black held slight advantages in kills (59-55), hitting percentage (.260-.229) and digs (63-56). Thiel led in service aces by an 11-6 margin.
W&J hosts Waynesburg University on Wednesday (Nov. 4) for its final home game of the season. Start time for Youth Night is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Salvitti Family Gymnasium.
