AURORA, N.Y. – The
Wells College women's volleyball team exited North Eastern Athletic
Conference play this past weekend with two conference victories, running
their overall league record to 6-0 (10-7 overall) following a thrilling
3-2 win over Gallaudet University and a 3-0 shutout of Keuka College on
Saturday.
The Express defeated Gallaudet, winners
of five-straight NEAC Championships entering the 2015 season, for the
first time in team history (four matches) before posting a straight-set
win against Keuka to conclude the crossover weekend. The preseason
favorites, Gallaudet wrapped up the weekend with a record of 11-5 (5-1
NEAC) while Keuka exits play with an overall mark of 4-12 (2-4 NEAC).
Wells defeated Gallaudet via set scores of 25-14, 18-25, 25-21, 14-25 and 15-13. The victors were led by junior Meredith Kadjeski's (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) 12 kills. Sophomore Eliza Schwab (Hartland, N.Y.) set up 28 of her team's 45 kills while junior Nadine Pershyn (Buffalo, N.Y.) led the way with 16 digs defensively.
Senior Vashti Nettles
(Long Beach, Calif.) posted 11 kills of her own against the Bison while
Brazier added 10 kills herself. Brazier's three service aces led the
team and she narrowly missed a double-double, posting nine digs
defensively. The team's nine total blocks were the second-most ever in a
single match.
Versus Keuka, Wells easily captured the
straight-set victory via scores of 25-22, 25-22 and 25-14. Nettles
posted 13 kills for Wells, committing only two errors for a .440
attacking percentage, the fourth-best mark of her career (min. 20
attempts). Kadjeski continued her stellar play with nine kills and only
one error for a .381 attacking percentage while Pershyn and Schwab each
posted nine digs defensively.
Collectively, Wells racked up 33 kills
and committed only nine attacking errors against the Wolfpack. The team
also combined for 36 digs defensively.
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