PITTSBURGH (Oct. 17) -- The Thiel College Women's Volleyball team fell 3-1 Saturday afternoon to Chatham University in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) clash from the Athletic and Fitness Center in Pittsburgh.
The Tomcats drop to 7-7 (4-3) while the Cougars improve to 10-6 (5-2) with set wins of 25-10, 18-25, 25-23 and 25-20.
After struggling in set one, Thiel came out firing with an 11-0 run to lead 11-1 in the second frame.
Sarah Wilson (Rural Valley, Pa./West Shamokin) capped the run with an ace. The Cats grew the lead to two touchdowns at 17-3 as
Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) had a kill and two aces to cap the run. Thiel went on to even the match at one.
DeLattre had five kills, a match-high-tying three aces, three digs and a block. Wilson recorded 14 digs and tied with DeLattre with three aces. Thiel had an 8-5 edge in aces.
Thiel carried the momentum into set two as a
Megan Darno (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) kill jumpstarted a 6-1 run to make it 12-4. Chatham erased an 18-14 deficit and eventually took the frame. The Cats took 6-of-7 to get within 1 at 17-16 on a
Caitlin Stephens (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex) -
Ava Byer (Hollsopple, Pa./Canemaugh Township Area) block in set four. The home side answered with 5-of-6 and played sideout ball to seal the set and the match.
Byer and Darno each had six kills with a block while Stephens had four kills and a block.
Lyndzee Amory (Edinboro, Pa./Saegertown) led Thiel with seven kills on .300 while
Hannah Myers (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy Catholic) pitched in five kills.
Jordan Yoder (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop) had a match-high 17 digs while
Owen Hansen (Lyman, Wyo./Lyman) dished out a team-high 14 helpers.
Addi Vagi (Marysville, Mich./Marysville) and
Rian Owens (Neshannock, Pa./Neshannock) had seven and five assists, respectively.
Thiel is back in action Tuesday evening with a home non-conference tilt against Houghton at 6.
