WHEELING, W.Va. (Nov. 1) – The No. 17 Wheeling University volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 win over Fairmont State Friday evening in a Mountain East Conference (MEC) match.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Final Score:  No. 17 Wheeling 3, Fairmont State 0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-19) Box Score
• Records: Wheeling (22-3, 10-0 MEC) | Fairmont State (11-13, 4-6 MEC)
• Location: McDonough Center – Wheeling, West Virginia

TEAM LEADERS

• Junior Cassie Meyer (Jackson Center, Ohio/Jackson Center) led the team in kills for the third-straight match.
• She established a new season-high with 21 kills on 31 attacks with only two errors. Her .613 hitting percentage was also a season-best.
• Meyer also led the team on defense with 16 digs to collect the kill-dig double-double.
• Senior Stephanie Sylvester (Oregon, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy) guided the offense with 51 assists to establish a new season-high in a three-set match.
• Junior Breanna Kramer (Norwalk, Ohio/Monroeville) finished with a kill-dig double-double of her own and matched a season-high with 17 kills (341 hitting percentage) and 11 digs.
• The Cardinals finished with their second-highest hitting percentage in a match this season at .383, second only to a .438 mark when the team swept West Liberty in late September.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cardinals set the tone early with leads of 12-6 and 16-8, before closing out the first set at 25-16.
• Wheeling converted for 18 kills on just 33 attacks with three errors (.455 hitting percentage) in the first set win.
• The Falcons played the second set much tighter with the Cardinals and trailed 14-12 to force a Wheeling timeout.
• The Cardinals re-established a five point lead at 20-15 with the help of a trio of kills by Meyer and were on the brink of a two-game lead after a Sylvester kill made the score 24-19.
• Fairmont State managed to score three-straight points to make things interesting, but a kill by Breanna Kramer helped secure a 25-22 win and a 2-0 advantage.
• Wheeling established a 10-7 lead to open the third set, but a trio of Falcon points tied up the set and forced a Cardinal timeout.
• The Cards took command of the set with 12 of the next 17 points to race out to a 22-15 lead. 
• Fairmont State drew back within five points at 22-17 and 24-19, before a Breanna Kramer kill secured the match for Wheeling

UP NEXT

• Wheeling has a quick turnaround and will play again tomorrow, Saturday, November 2 inside the McDonough Center against Frostburg State at 1 p.m.
• The Cardinals defeated the Bobcats in three sets earlier this season.
• A live stream of the match will be available online and on The Mountain East Digital Network OTT app (Roku, AppleTV, Android, and Amazon Fire TV).