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Winner Wheeling Jesuit WJU 28-5, 16-0 MEC
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Urbana UU 18-16, 10-6 MEC
Winner
Wheeling Jesuit WJU
28-5, 16-0 MEC
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Urbana UU
18-16, 10-6 MEC
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Wheeling Jesuit WJU 32 25 25 (3)
Urbana UU 30 18 21 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Chris Myers

Cardinals Outlast and Defeat Blue Knights

URBANA, Ohio – In what has become a more common occurrence in recent matches in one set, the Wheeling Jesuit volleyball team outlasted Urbana in a long opening set and then gained its footing to complete the 3-0 Saturday night sweep to complete the regular season.
 
Tied nine times starting at 23 all in the first set, the Cardinals (28-5/16-0 Mountain East Conference) took advantage of a Blue Knights (18-16/10-6 MEC) attack error, before Cassie Meyer killed the final point of the 32-30 set. WJU finished strong from there in the second and third sets to a tune of 25-18 and 25-21.
 
From here, WJU will host for the fifth-straight fall the MEC Volleyball Championship Tournament next Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 16-18.
 
On the night, Meyer, again, led the Cardinals with 18 kills to go with three errors in 27 attacks for a .556 percentage. She also had nine digs and three block assists.
 
Maddy Smyth pounded 14 kills in 20 attacks with two errors for a .600 rate and three blocks. Haley Kramer added 11 kills. Stephanie Sylvester dished out 45 assists and dug six attacks.
 
As a team, WJU hit a solid .296 against Urbana. The Blue Knights received 14 kills from Kaitlin Trace.
 
After the long-opening set, WJU went out to a 6-3 second set lead. The visitors increased it to 13-7 and 16-9. Urbana battled back to within two points, 16-14. At 20-15, WJU scored four of the last five points as Smyth and Kramer hit back-to-back winners for the 25-18 win.
 
The Cardinals opened another 6-3 early set, and they never trailed in the third set. Urbana came back to within a point three times, including 22-21, but WJU put the final three points in a row on the scoreboard to end the night, 25-21.
 
 
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