Women's Volleyball | 9/7/2015 8:57:00 AM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The West Liberty University women's volleyball team got its season off to a solid start with a pair of wins and Hilltopper standout Courtney Pyeritz became the school's career digs leader at this weekend's Battle of the Boulevard Tournament hosted by Point Park University.
    Coach Kayla Fetsko-Mull's Hilltoppers (2-2) opened the event with a 3-0 shutout of Lawrence Tech on Friday morning before dropping a 3-0 decision to the host Pioneers that afternoon. West Liberty rebounded with a thrilling 3-2 win against Taylor University on Saturday before closing out the weekend with a 3-1 loss to Indiana-East.
    Pyeritz, a senior libero from Pittsburgh, had double-figure digs in all four matches and finished with 57 digs for the tournament. That pushed her career total to 1,546 – two more than the previous record of 1,544 set by Sheri Shade from 1997-2000.
    In the opening win against Lawrence Tech, Stephanie Leonard led the Black and Gold with 8 kills while Amanda Leonard added 6 kills and 15 assists. Miranda Garmenn had a team-high 16 assists while Pyeritz had 10 digs.
    Raimey Benson had 10 kills and 4 blocks to pace the Hilltoppers in Saturday's loss to Point Park. Amanda Leonard and Stephanie Leonard each had 7 kills with Amanda Leonard also posting a dozen assists. Garmenn once again led the team with 14 assists while Pyeritz was charted with 12 digs.
    West Liberty outlasted Taylor in the match of the tournament on Saturday, bouncing back from a 2-0 deficit to take three straight sets and win the match. Stephanie Leonard led all players with 14 kills while Alexis Boyd added 13 kills and Michaela Hawkins had 10 kills and 3 blocks. Amanda Leonard had a double-double with 25 assists and 12 digs. Garmenn also had 25 assists while Pyeritz once more led the team with 15 digs.
    Amanda Leonard just missed a triple-double in Saturday's loss to Indiana-East, finishing with 9 kills, 10 assists and 19 digs. Stephanie Leonard had 9 kills and 10 digs while Sydney Scherer had 8 kills, 3 blocks and a service ace. Garmenn had a team-high 20 assists while Pyeritz was charted with 20 digs.
    The Hilltoppers head south on Friday to compete in the Eckerd College Classic at St. Petersburg, Fla.
   
VOLLEYBALL
West Liberty 3, Lawrence Tech 0
(25-12, 25-22, 25-23)
LAWRENCE TECH (3-8)
    Briana Reum 9-1-0; Mary Armstrong 6-0-4; Lexi Szymoniak 3-0-1; Makenna Strunk 3-0-0; Alisha Stidam 2-0-0; Delaney Large 1-0-3; Josie Queary 1-0-2; Macee Logerstedt 0-0-1; Totals 25-1-6.5.
    Assists: Josie Queary 15.
    Digs: Brittany Schmidt 11; Lexi Szymoniak 8
WEST LIBERTY (1-0)
    Stephanie Leonard 8-0-1; Amanda Leonard 6-1-1; Raimey Benson 4-0-4; Sydney Scherer 4-2-2; Michaela Hawkins 3-0-4; Alexis Boyd 2-1-0; Miranda Garmenn 0-1-0; Courtney Pyeritz 0-1-0; Totals 27-6-9.5.
    Assists: Miranda Garmenn 16; Amanda Leonard 15
    Digs: Courtney Pyeritz 10
 
Point Park 3, West Liberty 0
(28-26, 25-23, 25-19)
WEST LIBERTY (1-1)
    Raimey Benson 10-0-4; Amanda Leonard 7-0-1; Stephanie Leonard 7-0-2; Alexis Boyd 6-1-3; Sydney Scherer 5-0-5; Michaela Hawkins 1-0-3; Miranda Garmenn 1-3-0; Totals 37-4-11.0.
    Assists: Miranda Garmenn 14; Amanda Leonard 12
    Digs: Courtney Pyeritz 12
POINT PARK (1-9)
    Cristiane Chaves 11-2-3; Isabella Vavrek 9-0-0; Nikki Inquartano 6-0-1; Shiloh Simonson 6-2-0; Megan Branchick 3-0-1; Emily Meng 2-0-2; Paige Baker 0-1-0; Totals 37-5-6.0.
    Assists: Emily Meng 30.
    Digs: Shiloh Simonson 16; Emily Meng 13; Paige Baker 13
 
West Liberty 3, Taylor 2
(21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 26-24, 15-13)
WEST LIBERTY (2-1)
    Stephanie Leonard 14-0-0; Alexis Boyd 13-0-1; Michaela Hawkins 10-0-3; Amanda Leonard 6-0-3; Raimey Benson 6-0-0; Sydney Scherer 5-0-1; Courtney Pyeritz 1-0-0; Totals 55-0-5.0.
    Assists: Amanda Leonard 25; Miranda Garmenn 25
    Digs: Courtney Pyeritz 15; Amanda Leonard 12
TAYLOR (3-5)
    Becca Gerig 13-1-0; Rachel Bouma 11-0-1; Kayla Springer 10-0-4; Kelly Arnold 10-0-0; Casey Allen 5-0-2; Addy Bailey 5-0-1; Olivia Griffith 5-0-0; Jessi Arbuckle 4-0-1; Haley Harrell 1-3-0; Laura Craig 0-2-0; Rachel McKinney 0-1-0; Maggie Williamson 0-1-0; Alex Reel 0-1-0; Totals 64-9-5.5.
    Assists: Haley Harrell 19; Olivia Griffith 18
    Digs: Alex Reel 15; Becca Gerig 10
 
Indiana-East 3, West Liberty 1
(25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 25-17)
INDIANA-EAST (7-6)
    Mallory Livingston 13-0-3; Morgan Steinbrunner 9-0-3; Bailey Gates 7-4-1; Melissa Bedell 7-0-3; Tori Snyder 5-0-2; Sydney Durham 4-0-7; Isabella Pavey 3-1-0; Madison Yoder 1-2-0; Abbey Ketchum 0-3-0; Totals 49-10-11.0
    Assists: Isabella Pavey 16; Abbey Ketchum 15
    Digs: Madison Yoder 24; Mallory Livingston 14; Hannah Best 11; Abbey Ketchum 10
WEST LIBERTY (2-2)
    Amanda Leonard 9-2-1; Stephanie Leonard 9-0-0; Sydney Scherer 8-1-3; Raimey Benson 8-0-1; Michaela Hawkins 4-0-1; Erin Jans 3-0-2; Courtney Pyeritz 1-1-0; Hannah Guidish 1-0-0; Sarah Windom 0-2-0; Miranda Garmenn 0-1-0; Totals 43-7-5.0.
    Assists: Miranda Garmenn 20; Amanda Leonard 10
    Digs: Courtney Pyeritz 20; Amanda Leonard 19; Stephanie Leonard 10