WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College women's volleyball team (8-16, 5-6) clinched a spot in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Playoffs with a 3-0 sweep of the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (1-21, 0-11). This is the fourth consecutive season that W&J has qualified for PAC postseason play.
Freshman
Kenna Adams (Finleyville, Pa./Ringgold) led the Presidents with eight service aces. Overall, the Red & Black finished the day with a season high 18 aces. Additionally, senior
Brielle Moorhouse (East Liberty, Ohio/Benjamin Logan) had 13 assists. Moorhouse also led the Presidents defensively with nine digs.
W&J started off on a 6-0 run to begin the contest with serves by Adams. Sophomore
Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) had three kills during the stretch. Adams also had an ace and a kill. The Yellow Jackets stopped the run, but W&J got back on offense and produced a second 6-0 stretch with serves by sophomore
Sydney Allen (Washington, Pa./Trinity). The sophomore recorded two aces during the run. The Red & Black continued to build off their momentum and closed out the opening set 25-8.
The Presidents picked up where they left off and opened set two with a 12-2 run on serves by Moorhouse and Adams. Moorhouse picked up two aces and Adams had three. Dagen and freshman
Morgan Gale (Strongsville, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) both recorded kills as well. Waynesburg found a small run of offense, but W&J responded by opening their advantage back up to 20-7. Sophomore
Isabella Bottiglieri (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) had two aces of her own during the stretch. Senior
Anna Watson (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove Area) also recorded a kill. Both teams traded points to close the set, until an Adams kill clinched the second set 25-10.
W&J started the third on a 9-2 run with serves from Allen and classmate
Ayla Altman (Washington, Pa./Bishop Canevin). Altman recorded an ace. Allen, Gale, and Adams each recorded kills as well. Waynesburg responded by finding a spark to cut the advantage down to 11-9. The Red & Black found a run of their own to get their third set advantage up to 10, but the Yellow Jackets did not go away. Ultimately, kills by junior
Alyssa Trn (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg Area) and freshman
Aubrey Fetchik (Chardon, Ohio/Chardon) helped propel the Presidents over the finish line as they went on to take the third set 25-18, and the match 3-0.
The Presidents return to close out the regular season when they travel to take on the Hiram Terriers on Saturday (Nov. 7) at 1:00 p.m.
