PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Chatham Women's Volleyball (10-6, 6-2 PAC) earned its sixth victory in a row with a 3-1 (25-10, 26-28, 25-21, 25-15) win over Saint Francis (10-11, 5-5 PAC) on Wednesday night at the Athletic and Fitness Center.
The Cougars would earn the first couple points of the match, but they would ultimately trade points with the Red Wolves until it was 10-7. An 11-point run from the Cougars would pretty much secure the set win for them, putting them up 21-7. It all started with a kill from
Becca Gesner, followed by kills from
Evie White,
Maddy Roberts, blocks from Gesner, White, and Roberts, and then finally a service ace from
Kelly Dougherty. A few more points would be traded back and forth before the Cougars took the set win at 52-10 which came from an
Annelese Atkinson kill.
The Red Wolves would take control in the beginning of the second set taking a 3-0 lead to start. With a service ace from Roberts and the help of some errors, the Cougars would tie it at 3-3. The Cougars and Red Wolves would trade points back and forth the entire set, even taking it to extra points. Roberts would earn another service ace and four kills, Gesner would add four kills,
Zoie Bateman would earn two kills, and White and Atkinson would add a kill each. In the end, it wouldn't be enough from the Cougars as the Red Wolves secured the set win at 28-26.
Starting the third set would not be easy for the Cougars as the Red Wolves took a 7-0 lead to kick things off. The Cougars would get the chance to put some points on the board, but the Red Wolves added more points of their own and took a 13-4 lead. The Cougars would have a big six-point run where they closed the deficit to 15-14. During that time, Gesner got two kills,
Mackenzie Moore earned two service aces, and
Paige Watson also got a kill. Before earning the final point of the set, the Cougars would have another five-point run to put them ahead 24-20 during which time
Delaney Schwind earned a kill, Bateman added a kill, and White and Atkison would earns blocks. Bateman's final kill of the set would allow the Cougars to earnt he set win at with a 25-21 victory.
The Cougars would waste no time in the fourth set as they took a 5-0 lead to start with two service aces from Moore and a kill from Gesner. After again trading points with the Red Wolves, a seven-point run would later give the Cougars a 17-8 advantage.
Kate Giannetta earned four service aces during this series of points as the other points came from Red Wolves errors. The Cougars would earn the final point, set win, and match win off an Red Wolves service error to close the set at 25-15.
Gesner recorded a match-high 10 kills and added two digs and hit .217. Bateman finished with five kills on one dig, while Roberts totaled six kills, 12 digs, two serving aces, and one block. White had a match high 3.5 blocks, one ace, four kills, and three digs. Atkinson hit for .200 adding five kills, two blocks, and four digs.
Giannetta dished out a match-high 10 assists and four serving aces while adding five digs. Schwind finished with nine assists, 12 digs, and a service ace. Dougherty anchored the defense with a match-high 21 digs and added six assists and an ace. Moore recorded a match-high four service aces and six digs.
Chatham outhit Saint Francis .101 to .007 and held a 13-6 advantage in service aces. The Cougars also led 8-3 in blocks.
The Cougars will travel to Meadville, Pa this Saturday, October 31st for another conference matchup against the Allegheny Gators at 1PM.
