Women's Volleyball | 11/2/2011 9:40:00 PM

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University volleyball team closed out the regular season Wednesday night with a 3-0 loss to NAIA powerhouse Point Park (Pa.) at the ASRC.
    The Pioneers (32-5) jumped on top early with a 25-11 win in the opening game and quickly closed out the sweep with 25-14 and 25-17 decisions.
    Coach Brooke Turner's Hilltoppers (9-17) got 3 kills and 5 digs from Melissa Pierzchala while Alexandra Kowalski also had 3 kills and Anne Edwards added a pair of kills and 3 blocks. Chelsea Byrge and Gabbie Davis finished with 5 and 4 assists, respectively, with Haylee Strause turning in a team-high 8 digs.
    West Liberty will be idle this weekend as the Hilltoppers prepare for next week's WVIAC Championship Tournament, which gets under way on Nov. 10 in Charleston.
MATCH NOTES
    X Two Hilltoppers recently passed significant career milestones. Melissa Pierzchala recorded her 1,000^th kill and her 1,000^th dig while Jennifer Torrence joined Pierzchala in the 1,000-dig club
    X While records are incomplete, Pierzchala is believed to be only the fourth West Liberty volleyball player to record 1,000 career kills
   
VOLLEYBALL
Point Park 3, West Liberty 0
(25-11, 25-14, 25-17)
POINT PARK (32-5)
    Brittany Lhota 18-0-2; Rachel Stedina 7-1-7; Brigette Jones 7-0-1; Lindsey Oberacker 6-1-0; Keaton Sausman 4-0-2; Tayler Pugliese 1-0-4; Alyssa Hall 0-1-0; Amanda Ardinger 0-3-0; Chelsea Katkich 0-1-0; Totals 43-7-9.5.
    Assists - Tayler Pugliese 35.
    Digs - Alyssa Hall 7; Amanda Ardinger 5
WEST LIBERTY (9-17)
    Alexandra Kowalski 3-0-0; Melissa Pierzchala 3-0-0; Emily Mellie 2-0-1; Rachel Ziegler 2-0-1; Anne Edwards 2-0-3; Michaela Hawkins 1-0-2; Totals 13-0-4.0.
    Assists - Chelsea Byrge 5, Gabbie Davis 4.
    Digs - Haylee Strause 8; Melissa Pierzchala 5