GREENVILLE, Pa. (Oct. 7) -- The Thiel College Women's Volleyball team posted a 3-1 triumph over Hiram College Wednesday evening in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) clash on Maenpa Court at Beeghly Gymnasium.
Addi Vagi (Marysville, Mich./Marysville) recorded the first triple-double by a Thiel player since Alex Hall on Oct. 31, 2013 with 21 assists, 16 digs and 10 kills. The Tomcats set season highs in hitting percentage (.272) and digs (90) as four Cats finished with double-digit kills.
The Tomcats rise to 6-5 (3-1) with set wins of 25-19, 25-18, 23-25 and 25-23. The Terriers dip to 8-7 (3-1).
Set four had nine ties and four lead changes as an
Ava Byer (Hollsopple, Pa./Canemaugh Township Area) kill followed by two Vagi aces and one more Byer kill pushed the Cats ahead 18-15. Hiram climbed back and pulled even at 23 before a
Caitlin Stephens (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex) kill and a Byer cross-court shot gave Thiel the match.
Stephens recorded nine kills on .529 with no errors and added two blocks. Byer logged a career-high 12 kills on .243 with four blocks and two digs.
Thiel used a 3-0 run with Vagi at the service line to climb ahead 21-15 in set one. The spurt was capped with a Stephens-Byer combo block. Hiram got within 3 at 22-19 before a 3-0 Thiel run that featured a
Lyndzee Amory (Edinboro, Pa./Saegertown) -
Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) stuff block gave the Tomcats set one.
DeLattre paced Thiel with 13 kills on .480 to go with four blocks and digs each. The duo of Stephens and DeLattre combined to hit .500 from the middle.
Amory logged a season-most 12 kills on .333 while Vagi had a match-leading four aces.
A 5-0 Tomcat run with a pair of DeLattre kills and a Vagi kill off of a
Jordan Yoder (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop) assist made it 17-11 Cats in set two. A Vagi kill capped a 4-1 Thiel run to push the home side ahead 2-0.
Yoder recorded her first career double-double with a match- and career-most 29 digs and 11 assists.
Owen Hansen (Lyman, Wyo./Lyman) also logged her first career double-double with a team-high 23 helpers and 11 digs.
Thiel's 90 digs were a season-most as
Sarah Wilson (Rural Valley, Pa./West Shamokin) added 11 digs and
Macie Williams (Cochranton, Pa./Cochranton) dug eight balls. Wilson served a pair of aces.
The Cats held an 8-7 edge in aces as blocking was even at six. Thiel outhit Hiram .272 to .189.
The Tomcats continue their four-match homestand Saturday with a 1 p.m. tilt against PAC-foe Franciscan.
