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Winner Wheeling Jesuit WJU 25-3, 12-0 MEC
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UVa-Wise WISE 14-12, 9-2 MEC
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Wheeling Jesuit WJU
25-3, 12-0 MEC
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UVa-Wise WISE
14-12, 9-2 MEC
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Wheeling Jesuit WJU 25 23 25 25 (3)
UVa-Wise WISE 20 25 15 9 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Chris Myers

Cardinal Volleyball Fends off Cavaliers

WISE, Va. – After grinding through and splitting the opening two sets, the Wheeling Jesuit volleyball team was able to swing momentum in its favor and defeat The University of Virginia's College at Wise, 3-1, Friday night.
 
The No. 7 Cardinals (25-3/12-0 Mountain East Conference) took the opening set, 25-20, before the Cavaliers (14-12/9-2 MEC) grabbed the second set, 25-23. WJU rallied in a big way behind EmmaSchleucher's six-kill third set (25-15) and Lauran Graves and Kayce Krucki's combined 10 fourth set kills (25-9).
 
"UVa-Wise was ready to play and focused. We just couldn't catch a break and our passing didn't pick up until halfway in the third set," pointed out WJU head coach Christy Benner. "I was happy to bounce back in the final two sets and started to play well in the fourth."
 
Schleucher and Graves pounded out 14 killsapiece, while Krucki and Haley Kindall lined 13 kills each. All three of Schleucher (14 kills/10 digs), Krucki (13 kills/16 digs) and Andrea Thobe (55 assists/10 digs) posted double-doubles, while Kindall missed by one block assist (13 kills/9 block assists).
 
The WJU second-set loss was its first set lost in the last 33 MEC matches dating back to a 3-1 win over Fairmont State on Nov. 16, 2013. UVa-Wise became only the second MEC-member school to take a set in 52 league matches spanning the three-year conference history.
 
WJU has the week off until it travels for a 7 p.m. match next Friday, Nov. 6, at Urbana University.
 
No. 7 WJU 3, UVa-Wise 1 (25-20, 23-25, 25-15, 25-9)
In the sets…
Trailing 10-9 in the first set, Kindall and Krucki had one kill each and three total blocks in a 5-1 spurt to go ahead, 14-11. UVa-Wise pulled within a point, 14-13, but WJU had the answer with four-straight points, 17-13, and went on for the 25-20 win.
 
The hostCavalivers downed three-late kills in a row for a 23-20 score. A Graves and Maddy Smyth tandem block helped the Cardinals cut the margin to 24-23, but dropped the next point and the second set, 25-23.
 
WJU bounced back in a big way in the third set. Tied at 10, the Cardinals netted six of the next seven points and 15 of the final 20 points for a 25-15 victory.Schleucher led the turnaround with six kills, a service ace and a block assist in the set.
 
In the fourth set, WJU turned a 2-2 tie into a 10-point lead, 13-3, with an 11-1 run. The Cardinals kept the momentum rolling for the 25-9 final and match win. Graves and Krucki lined five kills each and Kindall added three and two block assists.
 
By the numbers…
For the Cardinals
•Krucki – 13 kills, 16 digs, 4 BA
•Graves – 14 kills, .520 pct. (1E, 25 TA), 8 BA, 4 digs
•Kindall – 13 kills, .435 pct., 9 BA, 3 digs
•Emma Schleucher – 14 kills, .379 pct., 4 assists, 2 aces, 10 digs, 4 BA
•Andrea Thobe – 55 assists, 10 digs, 5 BA, kill
•Jessica Thobe – 28 digs, ace
•Sam Obringer – 12 digs
•Abby Moffit – 9 digs
•Smyth – 6 kills, 4 digs, 4 BA
 
For the Cavaliers…
•Ciara Kain – 15 kills
•Amanda Auxier – 14 kills
 
 
 
 
 
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