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No. 4 Emory Volleyball Upends #1 Juniata, #5 Eastern
Story Courtesy of the Emory Athletics Site
Oct. 22nd - The No. 4-ranked Emory volleyball team earned a big
win on the road this evening as it came away with a 3-1 triumph
over No. 1 Juniata College in its opening match of the Wid Guisler
Invitational hosted by Juniata. The Eagles flew into Memorial
Gym on the JC campus and recorded a 25-23, 19-25, 25-12, 26-24
verdict over the similarly-named Eagles in raising their overall
record to 21-4 while Juniata slipped to 24-4.
After a dominating performance in the third set gave it a
2-1 edge in the match, the Eagles saw Juniata race out to a 9-3
lead in the fourth game. Eventually, Emory battled back to
tie things up at 11-11 following an ace by junior setter Natalie
Schonefeld. Holding a slim 19-17 advantage, Juniata used a
4-2 spurt to go up by what seemed to be a comfortable 23-19
count. However, Emory head coach Jenny McDowell saw her squad
scratch its way to a 23-23 deadlock with the last two points coming
on a kill by junior Jessica
McAlvany and a Juniata attack error. JC went up by a
24-23 margin and was serving for the set but senior Amelia
McCall came through with a timely kill for Emory to tie the
game. The Eagles then capitalized on a pair of miscues by the host
team to come away with the victory.
For the match, Emory hit 25.9 percent (53-15—147) while
holding Juniata to 22.0 percent (61-25—164). McAlvany
paced the Eagles offensive attack with 16 kills and hit 30.0
percent (16-4—10) for the match while sophomore Breananh
Bourque and McCall chipped in 12 and 10 terminations, respectively,
with Borque finishing with a team-high 34.5 hitting percentage
(12-2—29) while chipping in four total blocks (1-3).
McCall also chalked up a team-high 19 digs and was aided in that
category by freshman Sarah
Taub with 14. Schonefeld doled out 45 assists and
registered four block assists in the winning effort that saw Emory
raise its record to 6-2 this year against teams ranked in the Top
25. Each squad finished with 71 digs while Emory held an
8.5-4.0 margin in total blocks.
Oct.23rd - The No. 4-ranked Emory volleyball team notched its
fifth win in a row Saturday afternoon as it topped No. 5 Eastern
University, 3-0, in its second match of the Wid Guisler
Invitational hosted by Juniata College. The Eagles boosted
their overall record to 22-4 following a 25-16, 25-15, 25-19
decision over Eastern.
Senior Amelia McCall led a balanced Emory
offensive attack with 14 kills while totaling 12 digs. Junior
Jessica McAlvany hammered out eight terminations and was aided in
that category by sophomore Breanah Borque with
seven put-aways and junior Ali Wright and
sophomore Alena Ransom, each of whom recorded
six.
Freshman Molly Landers played a significant role
in the victory with 17 digs and three service aces. Classmate
Sarah Taub also registered 17 digs while Ransom
paced the team with four total blocks.
