VIRGINIA BEACH – Host Virginia Wesleyan continued its strong ODAC volleyball campaign with a 3-1 victory over Shenandoah University Tuesday evening.
Shenandoah (7-9, 3-4 ODAC) fought off a 25-19 loss in the opening set with a 25-21 victory in the second to knot the match at 1-1. The Marlins then clinched with wins at 15 and 22, respectively, in the third and fourth sets.
IN BRIEF
The match featured 20 ties and eight lead changes with eight of those ties coming in the second and seven in the fourth.
In that decisive fourth set, VWU broke a 20-20 tie with two consecutive service aces followed by an attack error and another service ace that put the Marlins one point from victory.
A Virginia Wesleyan attack error along with a
Kate Poppo service ace cut the Hornets deficit in half before the hosts clinched it on an SU service error.
BY THE NUMBERS
Jillian Warter had a team-high 14 kills for Shenandoah with
Brooke Gast adding nine.
Brooke Wagner had 24 assists and Becka Nguyen 16 with
Emma Thompson posting 23 digs and
Kate Poppo 13. Poppo also had six kills.
The Hornets hit .220 on the night with 47 kills against 20 errors in 123 attempts. The Marlins were .248 on 56-22—137.
UP NEXT
Shenandoah continues this road swing through the ODAC with a Friday match at Averett followed by a Saturday contest at Guilford.
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