MILLERSVILLE, Pa.- Riding a season-long three-match winning streak, the West Chester University women's volleyball team (5-6, 0-1) opened PSAC East play on the road on Wednesday night at local rival Millersville (8-5, 1-0). West Chester captured the second set by a 25-23 final and battled throughout the night but fell to Millersville by a 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-11) final.
West Chester led throughout the first set and held a seemingly comfortable 23-19 lead late in the set after a
Nicole Dimiris (Hockessin, Del./Saint Marks), but Millersville had the last word, closing out the set on a 6-0 run to escape with a 25-23 first set victory.
In the second set, West Chester once again led early before Millersville stormed back to take a 19-18 lead late in the set after a Emma Kerwin block. West Chester took its turn to close out the set on a 7-2 run, thanks in part to three kills by
CeCe Isenberg (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) and another kill by Dimiris to close out the 25-21 second-set victory and even the match at 1-1.
Millersville got out to an early lead in the third set, taking an early 5-1 lead before West Chester chipped away at the lead with a 3-1 run of its own, thanks in part to a pair of
Anna Richardson (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna) to make the score 6-4 early in the third set. West Chester continued its comeback bid as the set continued, eventually claiming its first lead at 16-15 in the late stages, prompting a Millersville timeout. The two sides continued to trade points down the stretch of the fourth set before the Marauders escaped with a 25-23 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
Leading 2-1, the Marauders jumped out to a 7-2 lead early in the fourth set and used this early advantage to carry a commanding 18-7 lead into the late stages of the fourth set en route to a 25-11 fourth set victory and a 3-1 win in the match.
Isenberg and Richardson tied for the team lead in kills with 13 each, while PSAC East Athlete of the Week,
Lacie Brown (Cochranville, Pa./Avon Grove) logged 45 assists and a team-best 15 digs.
Sydney Heffner (Bath, Pa./Northampton) picked up 10 digs of her own in the setback, while
Julia Kwitchoff (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Wheatfield) led the team and tied for the match high in aces with two.
Emma Kerwin and Taylor Welter tied for the match lead in kills with 19 each, while Emma Ludwig posted a match-high 46 assists. Madison Von Neida led the match in digs with 19, while tying with Kerwin and Kylee Schurig for the match lead in aces with two each.
Up Next:
West Chester will be back in action on Friday night at Holy Family beginning at 5 p.m.
