The women’s volleyball team traveled to Tacoma, Wa. to face University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and University of Puget Sound.

In the first match against Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the Blue Jays fell 3-2 but still had an outstanding performance.

Senior Mackenzie Garner was a huge part of the team’s effort with 14 kills along with sophomore Marisa Krinock close behind totaling 13 kills.

First-year Rileigh Hudock contributed a double-double and had 36 assists as well as 10 digs. Sophomore Aiyana Tietze-Di Toro felt like a local posting her 15 digs in her home state of Washington. In the fifth set, Oshkosh had two errors allowing for the Blue Jays to come back.

With Garner present, she had a kill and block, but not long after, the Oshkosh Titans managed to send seven unanswered points. Even with Garner, Krinock and Hudock each having a kill, it wasn’t quite enough to put the team ahead to grab the win.

In the second game against the host, Puget Sound took four of the sets due to their strengths in both offensive and defensive positions, but in this game Garner still contributed 11 kills.

She was the only one to reach double digits in kills for the Blue Jays. Hudock was also a standout player with 29 assists and 18 digs. First-year Allison Fischer and Tietze-Di Toro also put up double-digit digs.

To avoid the sweep, Garner and first-year Elizabeth Zeiber both had two kills each to take the fourth set, but even with this success, Sound took four out of the five sets with 10 or more kills per set to close out the game.

The women will play in the York College Spartan Invitational Friday, Sept. 7 at York College starting at 4 p.m.