West Liberty University Athletics

Lady Hilltoppers Outlast Urbana

Women's Volleyball | 10/26/2013 8:16:00 AM

Box Score WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – West Liberty used a fast start and a strong finish to hand Urbana a 3-2 loss in Mountain East Conference volleyball action Friday night at the ASRC.

Coach Kayla Fetsko's Hilltoppers (9-14, 4-5) nearly wrapped things up in straight sets.

After WLU swept the first two sets, the third set went into overtime with the Blue Knights (7-14, 3-6) pulling out a 26-24 nod to keep the match going. The visitors then evened the count with a 25-11 romp in the fourth set only to see the Black and Gold dominate the tiebreaker, 15-7, to close out the win.

The Hilltoppers' Rachel Zeigler and Paige Warner each finished with a match-high 13 kills while Nicole Sadecky added a triple-double with a dozen kills, 11 assists and 16 digs. Miranda Garmenn and Chelsea Byrge posted identical double-doubles of 21 assists and 11 digs while Courtney Pyeritz had a match-high 22 digs.

West Liberty will be back in action on Saturday when the Hilltoppers host Notre Dame (Ohio) in a 1 p.m. Senior Day match at the ASRC.

VOLLEYBALL

West Liberty 3, Urbana 2

(26-24, 25-13, 24-26, 11-25, 15-7)

URBANA (7-14, 3-6)

Kelsey Volkmer 12-0-2; Katlin Kremer 12-1-4; Chelsea Winderl 11-0-1; Brooke Turner; 7-0-3; Kasia Walczak 6-0-1; Mary Hendricks 3-1-0; Megan Verhoff 1-0-3; Kaci Eurez 0-2-0; Totals 52-4-8.0.

Assists: Mary Hendricks 35

Digs: Anna McKenzie 16

WEST LIBERTY (9-14, 4-5)

Rachel Zeigler 13-0-2; Paige Warner 13-0-1; Nicole Sadecky 12-1-1; Chelsea Bertie 9-0-2; Peyton Miller 4-1-5; Chelsea Byrge 3-1-0; Emily Mellie 3-0-5; Miranda Garmenn 1-0-0; Candice Rathburn 0-0-3; Totals 58-3-10.5.

Assists: Miranda Garmenn 21; Chelsea Byrge 21; Nicole Sadecky 11.

Digs: Courtney Pyeritz 22; Paige Warner 21; Nicole Sadecky 16; Chelsea Byrge 11; Miranda Garmenn 11

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