Women's Volleyball | 9/6/2011 9:12:00 PM
BOX SCORE / MATCH PHOTOS
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty women's volleyball team opened its home schedule in impressive fashion Tuesday night by rolling to a 3-1 victory against Ohio Valley University in a mutual West Virginia Conference lid-lifter.
Coach Brooke Turner's Hilltoppers won the opening game, 25-18, before the Fighting Scots bounced back to tie the match with a 25-23 win in Game Two. The Black and Gold regained the upper hand with a dominant 25-11 triumph in Game Three before closing out the match with a 25-21 verdict in Game Four.
Melissa Pierzchala led West Liberty with 9 kills and a match-high 23 digs while Emily Mellie added 8 kills and 5 blocks. Chelsea Byrge had 8 kills, 4 blocks and a match-high 19 assists while Heather Tolson stuffed the stat sheet with 19 assists, 11 digs, 5 kills, 3 aces and 2 blocks. Alexandra Kowalski chipped in with 8 kills and 10 digs while Anne Edwards donated 7 kills and 4 blocks and Haylee Strause had 19 digs.
The West Liberty women return to action Friday and Saturday when they travel to Pittsburgh to compete in the Point Park (Pa.) Invitational.
VOLLEYBALL
West Liberty 3, Ohio Valley 1
(25-18, 23-25, 25-11, 25-21)
OHIO VALLEY (1-4, 0-1)
Allison Graves 11-2-0; Morgan Kelly 11-1-0; Mallory Kelly 7-0-1; Emily Foy 6-0-2; Felicia Zartman 3-0-0; Jessica Simpson 3-0-1; Totals 41-3-2.0.
Assists – Mallory Kelly 5, Sarah Haman 5.
Digs – Morgan Kelly 16; Ashley Dundes 13; Taylor Buchtmann 12; Sarah Haman 9
WEST LIBERTY (2-3, 1-0)
Melissa Pierzchala 9-1-0; Emily Mellie 8-0-5; Alexandra Kowalski 8-0-0; Chelsea Byrge 8-1-4; Anne Edwards 7-0-4; Heather Tolson 5-3-2; Rachel Ziegler 1-0-0; Nicole Sadecky 1-0-1; Michaela Hawkins 1-0-0; Gabbie Davis 1-0-0; Haylee Strause 0-2-0; Totals 49-7-8.5.
Assists – Chelsea Byrge 19; Heather Tolson 10.
Digs – Melissa Pierzchala 23; Haylee Strause 19; Heather Tolson 11; Alexandra Kowalski 10; Jennifer Torrence 10
