WEST CHESTER, PA.- The West Chester University women's volleyball team (5-5) is set to return to action on Tuesday night for its final non-league tuneup at Pace (3-4) before opening PSAC East play at Shippensburg on Friday night. First serve against the Setters inside the Ann and Alfred Goldstein Health, Fitness, and Recreation Center is set for 6 p.m.
West Chester at Pace
Game Details: September 15 – 6 P.M. | Pleasantville, N.Y.
Series: 5-4 (W3; 4-1 since 2014)
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Five Things to Know
- West Chester enters play on Tuesday night following a dominant 3-0 victory over Chestnut Hill in a non-league road clash on Friday evening. West Chester captured a back-and-forth first set by a 25-23 final before winning the second set 25-18 and the third 25-17 to return home with a 3-0 win and a 5-5 record overall. CeCe Isenberg (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) led West Chester in kills with 10, while Maeve Gallagher (Pottstown, Pa./Pope John Paul II) chipped in nine of her own. Elianna Freeman (Jersey Village, TX/Jersey Village) led the team in aces with two, while Julia Kwitchoff (Niagara Falls, N.J./Niagara Wheatfield) led the team in blocks with three.
- Isenberg remains first on the team in kills with 94, followed by Gwen Atkins (Morristown, N.J./Morristown) in second with 93 kills of her own. Brooke Forester (Langhorne, Pa./Conwell-Egan) lead the team in aces with 21 and is second in blocks with 13, trailing only Kwitchoff, who has a team-best 35 through 10 matches this season. Ada Koksal (Istanbul, Turkey/Terakki) is first on the team in assists with 192, while Hailey Atkins (Morristown, N.J./Morristown) is first on the team in digs with 122.
- After starting the season with wins in three of its firs four matches, Pace has dropped three straight entering play on Wednesday night with 3-1 losses to Felician, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Goldey-Beacom with the losses to STAC and Goldey coming in a tri-match at home on Saturday afternoon.
- Paola Ortiz leads Pace in kills with 66 and is second in digs and aces with 74 digs and 10 aces, trailing Alice Bender (89 digs) for the team lead in digs and Aralyn Saulys (20 aces) for the team lead in aces. Saulys also leads the team in assists with 148, while Ileann Alessandra Perez is first on the team in blocks with 11.
- West Chester is 5-4 all-time against Pace with wins in each of the last three meetings, including a 3-0 win in Hollinger last November in the non-league finale. West Chester is 4-1 against Pace since 2014, with the lone loss during that span coming in New York in September 2016.
Up Next
West Chester will open PSAC East play on the road on Friday at Shippensburg beginning at 6 before returning home to host Millersville on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
