WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Thiel College women's volleyball team won a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match on the road Saturday over the Washington & Jefferson Presidents, 3-2.
 
In a back-and-forth match, the Tomcats won the first (25-22), third (25-18) and fifth sets (15-12). W&J won 25-19 in the second set and forced a fifth set with a 25-23 win in the fourth game.
 
In the fifth set, back-to-back kills by Maria Torres (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman) and Jordyn Liedike (Anchorage, Alaska/Grace Christian) gave the Tomcats a 13-11 lead. The Tomcats picked up their 14^th point on a W&J attack error, setting the stage for Danielle Aulet (Lawrence, Kansas/Mineral Ridge) to tally the match-winning point on a service ace.
 
Brooke Talbot (Calcutta, Ohio/Beaver Local) recorded a match-best 21 kills for the Tomcats. She also contributed 23 assists, 10 digs and three blocks. Torres tallied 15 kills, 13 digs and a pair of blocks. Cassandra Bown (Broadalbin, N.Y./Broadalbin-Perth), who owned a .706 attack percentage, registered 13 kills and three blocks. Liedike had 10 kills and led all players with five blocks.
 
Carlie Reynolds (Grove City, Pa. /Grove City Area) led Thiel with 27 assists and also notched eight digs. Aulet recorded a match-high 26 digs.
 
Faith Fetsko paced the Presidents with 20 kills and 17 digs. Adrianna Sacramento handed out 51 assists.
 
Thiel improved to 6-0 in PAC play with Saturday's win.
 
The Tomcats (15-8, 6-0 PAC), winners of 10 of their last 12 matches, will host the Carnegie Mellon Tartans (13-3, 3-2 UAA) on Wednesday. The non-conference match will begin at 7 p.m.