WHEELING, W.Va. (Nov. 9) – The No. 15 Wheeling University volleyball team moved one step closer to clinching the top-seed and hosting-rights for the upcoming Mountain East Conference (MEC) Tournament with a 3-0 win at Urbana Saturday afternoon.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Final Score: No. 15 Wheeling 3, Urbana 0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-14)
• Records: Wheeling (25-3, 13-0 MEC) | Urbana (16-10, 11-2 MEC)
• Location: Urbana, Ohio

TEAM LEADERS

• Senior Haley Kramer (Norwalk, Ohio/Monroeville) posted a match-high 13 kills on 25 attacks (zero errors) to hit .520 for the day.
• She also added four blocks and a service ace in the win.
• Both Junior Breanna Kramer (Norwalk, Ohio/Monroeville) and junior Cassie Meyer (Jackson Center, Ohio/Jackson Center) registered identical double-doubles of 11 kills and 15 digs.
• Senior Stephanie Sylvester (Oregon, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy) tossed around 42 assists and added 12 digs on the afternoon.
• Junior Audrey Francis (Sidney, Ohio/Fairlawn) was the team's top defender with 18 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Wheeling opened up leads of 10-3 and 17-9 and appeared to be in control in the first set.
• Urbana rallied back to within two, 20-18, and put pressure on the Cardinals, but a kill by Haley Kramer and a block by both her and her twin-sister Bre helped secure the set at 25-20.
• The Blue Knights kept the second set close and eventually tied Wheeling up at 12-12.
• The Cardinals followed with an 8-to-3 run to open up a 20-15 lead and force an Urbana timeout.
• Wheeling was on the cusp of a two-set lead when they went ahead 23-18, but five-straight points by the Blue Knights knotted the set at 23-23.
• The Cardinals remained composed and got the final two points of the set on a Bre Kramer kill and an attack error to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
• Urbana established its first-lead of any kind in the third set and looked like it would not go down in three when it opened up a 13-11 lead.
• Wheeling absolutely took the air out of the building with eight-straight points to take a 19-13 advantage.
• After Urbana stopped the run, the Cardinals rolled off six-straight to clinch the match at 25-14. 

UP NEXT

• Wheeling will begin the final week of the regular-season when it travels to nearby West Liberty on Tuesday, November 12 at 7 p.m.
• A win in the match will clinch the top-seed and hosting rights for the upcoming MEC Tournament.
• 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).