Wheeling University Athletics

WHEELING, W.Va. (Nov. 5) – The No. 15 Wheeling University volleyball team picked up a 3-0 sweep against Charleston Tuesday evening inside the McDonough Center in a Mountain East Conference (MEC) contest. The match was also the regular-season home-finale.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Final Score: No. 15 Wheeling 3, Charleston 0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-18) Box Score 
• Records: Wheeling (24-3, 12-0 MEC) | Charleston (8-19, 3-8 MEC)
• Location: McDonough Center – Wheeling, West Virginia

TEAM LEADERS

• Junior Breanna Kramer (Norwalk, Ohio/Monroeville) led the team with 11 kills. She also chipped in eight digs and a trio of service aces and solo blocks in the win.
• Junior Cassie Meyer (Jackson Center, Ohio/Jackson Center) registered a double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs. Earlier in the day she was named the MEC Offensive Player of the Week.
• Senior Haley Kramer (Norwalk, Ohio/Monroeville) hit at a .600-clip for the match with seven kills on only 10 attacks with one error.
• Senior Stephanie Sylvester (Oregon, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy) dished out 33 assists on offense and helped the team achieve a hitting percentage of .353.
• Junior Audrey Francis (Sidney, Ohio/Fairlawn) posted 13 digs to lead the defense. She was named the MEC Defensive Player of the Week earlier in the day.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wheeling notched the first five points of the game and raced out to an 11-4 lead before Charleston took a timeout to try to slow down momentum.
• The Cardinals allowed a point after the timeout, but recorded the next six to take a 17-5 lead and force a second UC timeout. Wheeling eventually went on to win the set at 25-13.
• The Golden Eagles hung with the Cardinals early in the second set and were tied at 10-10.
• Wheeling claimed eight of the next 11 points, including six-straight, to take an 18-13 lead. The Cardinals followed that spurt with seven-straight points to claim a 25-13 win and a 2-0 lead in the match.
• Wheeling established leads of 6-1, 15-8 and 20-12, before closing out the night with a 25-18 win in the third set to clinch the sweep.

UP NEXT

• The Cardinals are on the road for each of their final four regular-season games.
• Wheeling will take on Urbana (15-9, 10-1 MEC) on Saturday, November 9 at 1 p.m.
• 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).