The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team had a very busy weekend, going 4-1 while playing Penn State Harrisburg (PSH), Lycoming College, Medaille College, Rochester University and Penn State Behrend.
Their week started with a win against Penn State Harrisburg, playing a total of three sets and scoring a total of 48 points.
Leading in number of kills was once again senior Mackenzie Garner, with nine kills. Garner recently reached over 1,000 kills and has the program’s top career hitting percentage (.355).
Following behind her was sophomore Marisa Krinock with a season-high of eight kills, and senior Sarah Schneider with five. Leadings assists was first-year Rileigh Hudock with a total of 30 assists, this being her 14th game with over 25.
Although PSH and Etown both tied for total attempts at 76, the Blue Jays left victorious, winning all three sets. The Blue Jays went 3-1 at the Lycoming Warrior Tip-Off Classic, losing against Rochester and securing wins from Penn State Behrend, Lycoming and Medaille.
The girls beat Lycoming in an easy sweep, scoring a hitting average of .176 and a total of 39 kills, led by Schneider with nine, Garner with seven, and junior Elle Shatto with seven.
Krinock secured three aces, while Schneider had two, and Shatto had one.
The women’s team also secured a win against Medaille, playing a total of three sets with 24 kills and a hitting average of .237.
The Blue Jays fought hard against Rochester, playing a difficult game.
The women tied a season high with ten blocks, led by Garner with seven. Garner also had a team high 14 kills. She also hit a team best (.500). Her teammate Krinock wasn’t too far behind her with 13 kills and a .360 hitting average.
First-year Shelly Yohe had a double-double of 10 kills and team digs. Leading the digs were Schneider and sophomore Aiyana Tietze Di-Toro with 15 digs each.
In their next tournament game, the women lost the first set, but came back to win the next three all while drastically improving their hitting score by .258, scoring .075 in the first set and climbing up to .333 in the final. Garner had another .500 hitting percentage and once again led the number of kills with a total of 17.
Schneider followed close behind with a total of 15 kills and 18 digs, while Yohe just beat her with a career high of 20 digs. Hudock once again had a good match with a whopping 43 assists.
This now brings the team record to 14-12.
Be sure to cheer on the Etown women’s volleyball team as they host McDaniel College in the Thompson Gymnasium Saturday at 11 a.m. and Manhattanville College at 3 p.m.
