Women's Volleyball | 11/19/2015 2:54:00 PM
Box Score WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Liberty University volleyball team saw its season come to an end here Thursday afternoon with a hard-fought 3-1 loss to the University of Charleston in a Mountain East Conference Tournament quarterfinal at the McDonough Center.
Coach Kayla Fetsko-Mull's Hilltoppers (15-18) came into the match as the No. 6 seed but gave the third-seeded Golden Eagles (20-10) all they wanted in four tightly-played sets.
Charleston eked out a 25-21 win in the opening set only to see West Liberty bounce right back to even the match with a 25-21 nod in the second set.
The turning point came at the end of the third set. The Hilltoppers had battled back from an early deficit to pull within a point at 24-23 but a passing error gave the deciding point to UC and the Golden Eagles had a 2-1 lead.
The fourth set also went down to the wire but Charleston was able to hang on at the end, closing out the match with a 25-22 win.
VOLLEYBALL
MEC Tournament
Quarterfinal
Charleston 3, West Liberty 1
(25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 25-22)
WEST LIBERTY (15-18)
S.Leonard 13-0-2; Scherer 11-1-7; Benson 10-0-2; Boyd 10-1-0; Hawkins 6-0-2; A.Leonard 6-1-0; Garmenn 0-1-0; Pyeritz 0-0-0; Bonamico 0-0-0. Totals 56-4-9.0
Assists: A.Leonard 24, Garmenn 22
Digs: Boyd 24, Pyeritz 15, S.Leonard 14, A.Leonard 10
CHARLESTON (20-10)
White 17-1-1; Estrada 14-0-0; Logan 12-0-0; Herrod 6-0-1; Fisher 6-0-1; Wittekind 5-1-2; Lambert 2-3-0; Reyes 0-1-0; Clark 0-0-1; Milam 0-0-0. Totals 62-6-4.0
Assists: Reyes 29, Lambert 22
Digs: White 20, Reyes 14, Lambert 13, Logan 10, Milam 10
