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Box Score 2 RICHMOND, Ind. (Sept. 22) – The Waynesburg University women's volleyball team split a road tri-match at Earlham College on Saturday. After dropping three tightly contested sets to the host Quakers, the Yellow Jackets rebounded with a 3-1 triumph over Central State.
The Yellow Jackets (3-13) gave Earlham (10-8) all it could handle in the opening match of the day. Unfortunately, the host team managed to pull out set wins of 25-23 and 25-20 before winning a marathon 30-28 battle in the deciding set.
Waynesburg's offensive efforts were led by the combination of senior hitter
Jordyn Wyllie and junior setter
Olivia Zuchelli. Wyllie paced the Jackets with nine kills, while Zuchelli logged 19 assists. Senior
Cassidy Guiser was particularly impressive behind the service line, where she tied for the match lead with six aces. Guiser also led the Waynesburg defense with 11 digs, which were one off the match high.
The Jackets won their second contest of the day against Central State (2-10), which is located in Wilberforce, Ohio, 3-1. No other statistics were made available at the time of this release.
Waynesburg is back in action on Tuesday, Sept. 25, when its heads to Latrobe to face Saint Vincent in PAC play. Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m.