The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team went undefeated at their tournament over the weekend, beating Misericordia University, Eastern Mennonite University, Alfred University and Rowan University.
These are just the latest victories in he Jays’ winning streak, after beating Gallaudet University and Dickinson College just one week earlier. The team defeated both Misericordia and Eastern Mennonite in 3–1 matches.
Against Misericordia, the Blue Jays were less efficient when it came to their hits, .269 to .241, but still held the advantage in their kills and digs.
Helping keep the digs in their possession were sophomore Aiyana Tietze-Di Toro, first-year Allison Fischer and senior Sarah Schneider, all of whom finished the game with their digs in double digits.
Against Eastern Mennonite, the Blue Jays lost in the first set, but quickly came back and won the next three.
A main reason for their comeback was senior Mackenzie Garner, who had a total of 16 kills and a total .560 hitting percentage. She was particularly strong in the second and third sets, with five kills out of six attempts in the second set and six kills out of 11 in the fourth.
Etown also met its season-high in service aces collectively, scoring 13 with Schneider, first-year Rileigh Hudock, senior Katie Kennedy, sophomore Jenna Harne, sophomore Marisa Krinock and junior Elle Shatto.
Against Rowan, the team won 3–0, which won them the championship. Etown won the first set with 15 kills and a .364 hitting percentage.
Middle hitter Garner received MVP and All–Tournament Team honors, factored by her hits at .700, 49 kills, and 14 sets. If she gets 18 more kills, she will be the seventh player in program history to reach 1,000 in her career.
This latest strings of victories is reassuring, as the beginning of the season was not so sweet for the team, but they seem to be getting their groove back, now at a record of 7–6.
Garner leads the way for the amount of kills, at 137, and blocks, with 38. Leading digs is Toro with 142. Hudock leads assists with 365, and Schneider leads service aces with 23. The team will face Marietta University, Mount Union University, Muskingum University and Bluffton University this upcoming weekend in Pittsburgh.
Their next home game will be Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. against Nuemann.
