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Urbana UU 18-12 / 8-5 MEC
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Winner Wheeling Jesuit WJU 30-2 / 13-0 MEC
Urbana UU
18-12 / 8-5 MEC
0
Final
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Wheeling Jesuit WJU
30-2 / 13-0 MEC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Urbana UU 19 14 17 (0)
Wheeling Jesuit WJU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Chris Myers

Cardinals Secure Win No. 30, Sweep Blue Knights

WHEELING, W.Va. – For the 10th-straight season, Cardinals volleyball has recorded at least 30 wins in a season. Wheeling Jesuit hit past Urbana, 3-0, on Friday night.
 
After setting the program's season win record with 39 last fall, WJU improved to 30-2 for 2016 and 13-0 in the Mountain East Conference. The Cardinals record set wins of 25-19, 25-14 and 25-17 over the Blue Knights (18-12/8-5 MEC).
 
Maddy Smyth pounded a team-best nine kills over the opening two sets to go with three block assists. Haley Kindall added eight kills and four blocks, while Emma Schleucher slammed down seven winners with a pair of aces and a two blocks.
 
WJU continues its Senior Weekend with a home tri-match Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals honor their six seniors before playing the Falcons of Notre Dame College at 1 p.m. and face Malone University at 5 p.m.
 
Vs. Urbana (25-19, 25-14, 25-17)
 
Tied at 13 in the opening set, WJU received back-to-back-to-back kills from Kindall, Breanna Kramer and Schleucher and never looked back in the 25-19 final.
 
WJU took advantage of five Urbana miscues along with kills by Smyth and Schleucher to open a 10-4 second set lead. The Blue Knights battled back to within two, 12-10, only to see the Cardinals post four points in a row before the 25-14 set score.
 
A final Cardinals mid-set short run of four points was enough for separation in the third set. An Andrea Thobe ace finished the three-set sweep.


 
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