BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The College of Wooster volleyball team won their fourth straight behind back-to-back wins at Geneva College on Friday, defeating Saint Francis University, 3-0, and Geneva, 3-2.
In match one against Saint Francis (6-8), who is in their first year of Division III competition after years in Division I, Wooster won in straight sets with a dominating third set, 25-22, 25-22, 25-9.
Wooster pulled away in the third set moving from 2-1 to 11-1 after nine consecutive points with
Jordan Laraway on the serve. Laraway had three aces and a kill in that span, while
Ireland Oswick added a pair of kills as well.
Oswick continued her recent surge for the Scots, tying a match-high 11 kills with Saint Francis's
Kylie Rauch. It Oswick's second straight game finishing with double-digit kills.
Kennedy Muhlenkamp collected a match-high 25 assists. She also added four aces, along with Laraway, as the team collected 10 service aces.
Catherine Muzilla had a match-high 14 digs.
Against Geneva, Wooster won 16-25, 25-12, 25-18, 23-25, 15-5.
Wooster fought back after an early setback to win the second and third sets decidedly. In the fourth, the Scots were on the brink of finishing the match before Geneva forced the fifth.
Wooster led 22-19 before Geneva went on a 6-1 run, but the Golden Tornadoes could not keep that pace for the rest of the match.
Wooster won the first five points of the fifth set tiebreaker, forcing a timeout from Geneva's bench. Yet, Wooster kept their momentum, taking their lead to 10-2 before Geneva (7-10) called their second time out.
From there, Laraway recorded an ace and Wooster benefited from a service error.
Ava Hills had a kill and
Claire Buchholz record a pair, including the final exclamation point to claim the match.
Caitlin Walsh-Knouff recorded a match-high 22 kills, her second 20-plus kill stat line in the last three matches.
Kora Burill added 12 kills.
Muhlenkamp collected 43 assists and two service aces, while Muzilla led the way with 35 digs.
Buchholz had a great all-around match with 14 kills, 20 digs and two blocks. Hills contributed a match-high six kills.
Wooster improves to 7-7, surpassing last year's win total on just the second day of October.
Next, Wooster will take on Penn State Shenango on Wednesday in another non-conference matchup.