GREENVILLE, Pa. (Oct. 26) -- The Thiel College women's volleyball team, behind 10 service aces, notched a 3-0 league victory over back-to-back Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) champions Bethany College Saturday afternoon on Senior Day inside Maenpa Court at Beeghly Gymnasium. 

The victory moved the Tomcats to 16-6 overall and 4-3 in the PAC. The Bison fell to 7-17 overall and 0-6 in conference matches.

The home side posted straight-set score wins of 27-25, 25-12 and 25-19.

The first set featured 14 ties and seven lead changes as neither side held a lead greater than 3 until the Tomcats used a 3-0 run to hold a 22-18 advantage. A Daisy Jenness (Pendleton, Ore./Pendleton) kill gave Thiel 4 set point opportunities but Bethany responded with 5 straight tallies to earn a chance at the set at 25-24. Jenness responded back though with a 3-0 run of her own to clinch the 27-25 opening set in favor of the home side.

The Tomcats carried the momentum into set two and jumped to a quick 10-3 lead. The Bison cut the deficit to 5 (13-8), but an Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) kill spearheaded a 4-1 spurt that grew the lead back up to 8 (17-9). Thiel closed the set with a pair of blocks as Caitlin Stephens (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex) combined with Jenness and Lyndzee Amory (Edinboro, Pa./Saegertown) to seal the dominant second set. The Tomcats held the Bison to a -.132 hitting percentage in the frame. 

Leading 7-3 in set three, the Tomcats used a 7-0 run, with 5 of those points coming on Carlie Reynolds (Grove City, Pa./Grove City Area) service aces, to push the lead to 14-3. Bethany made a late run in the set but a DeLattre kill sealed the Senior Day sweep. The home side led by as many as 12 (20-8 and 21-9) in the final frame and posted 8 of their 10 aces in the set.

Reynolds posted a career and game-best six aces to go with a match-leading 41 assists.  

Jenness notched her seventh 20-plus kill effort and 17th double-digit kill performance of the year with a match-best 21 kills while hitting .321 on the afternoon to go with nine digs. The Oregon native continues to lead the PAC in kills (356) and kills per set (4.24). 

Erica Gregory (Clinton Township, Mich./Fraser) added seven kills, three aces and tied with Danielle Aulet (Lawrence, Kansas/Mineral Ridge) for the team lead in digs (17). Gregory has posted double-digit digs in 16 matches on the year as well as the last four contests. Aulet has notched at least 10 digs in all 22 matches this season.

DeLattre added nine kills while hitting a season-best .417.

The Tomcats return to action next Saturday when they take on Geneva in a 3 p.m. road conference showdown.