GLENVILLE, W.Va. (Nov. 16) – The No. 15 Wheeling University volleyball team closed out the regular-season with a 3-0 win at Glenville State to complete an undefeated-season in Mountain East Conference (MEC) play Saturday morning.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Final Score: No. 15 Wheeling 3, Glenville State 0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-12)
• Records: Wheeling (28-3, 16-0 MEC) | Glenville State (5-24, 2-14 MEC)
• Location: Waco Center – Glenville, West Virginia

TEAM LEADERS

• Senior Haley Kramer (Norwalk, Ohio/Monroeville) led the way with 13 kills on 22 attacks with only two errors (.500 hitting percentage).
• Junior Breanna Kramer (Norwalk, Ohio/Monroeville) added 10 kills with nine digs in the win.
• Junior Cassie Meyer (Jackson Center, Ohio/Jackson Center) posted nine kills, three service aces and six digs.
• Senior Stephanie Sylvester (Oregon, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy) helped the offense hit .421 on the afternoon and tallied an impressive 44 assists.
• Junior Audrey Francis (Sidney, Ohio/Fairlawn) led the team on defense with 12 digs and zero reception errors.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wheeling appeared to be on its way in the first set when it established leads of 5-1, 8-2 and 11-5.
• Glenville State made things interesting with a run of six out of eight points to pull within two at 14-12.
• The Cardinals led 21-16, but a string of four-straight points pulled the Pioneers within one point at 21-20.
• Wheeling managed to fend off Glenville State with four of the next six points, including a game-clinching kill by Haley Kramer, to pick up a 25-22 win.
• The next two sets were not as close. Wheeling enjoyed a six-point cushion from the 12-6 point on and went on to collect a 25-15 win and a two-set lead.
• The Cardinals led 11-7 in the third set when they went on a 6-2 spurt to establish a 17-9 advantage.
• The Pioneers notched consecutive points to draw back to 17-11, but the Cardinals closed out the morning match with eight of the next nine points to take the set 25-12.

 UP NEXT

• Wheeling begins post-season play next week and will host the 2019 MEC Tournament starting on Thursday, November 21 inside the McDonough Center.
• The Cardinals will take on No. 8 seed Charleston (11-20, 6-9 MEC) at 7:30 p.m. in the opening round. Additional information on the tournament is available here.
• Wheeling and Charleston met last year in the MEC Championship Match.
• A live stream of the match and the entire MEC Tournament will be available online and on The Mountain East Digital Network OTT app (Roku, AppleTV, Android, and Amazon Fire TV).