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Juniata women's volleyball completes Wisconsin trip with wins over UW-Eau Claire and Carthage
Story Courtesy of the Juniata Athletics Site
KENOSHA, Wis. -- Juniata College women's volleyball team
completed its two-day swing through Wisconsin with a pair of
victories over ranked teams on Saturday, improving its season
record to 20-3.
The Eagles began the afternoon with a 3-1 win over 16th-ranked
Wisconsin-Eau Claire, winning by set scores of 23-25, 25-19, 32-30,
and 25-20.
Junior outside hitter Drew Barnhart (Titusville, Pa./Titusville)
tallied a season-high 17 kills on 43 swings, hitting .279 for the
match. She was one of three players with double-digit kill totals;
senior middle Kristin Noetzel (Closter, N.J./Northern Valley
Regional) and freshman outside Rachelle Wiegand (Manheim,
Pa./Manheim Central) each had 11 kills.
The Eagles tallied 9.0 total blocks to the Blugolds' 10, with
Noetzel having a had on seven blocks including two solos. Sarah
McMichael (Norristown, Pa./Methacton) was in on four of the
blocks.
Freshman Courtney Greenberg (Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers) set 39
assists for the Eagles, running an offense that hit with a .166
attack percentage. Junior libero Libby Morrison (Portland,
Ore./Oregon Episcopal School) recorded 25 digs during the
match.
The win over UW-Eau Claire in the books, Juniata then drove an
hour-and-a-half to Kenosha, Wis., and defeated no. 7 Carthage
College, 3-2. Set scores for the Eagles were 25-19, 19-25, 26-28,
25-15, and 15-9.
Five players hit for double-figure kills, led by Noetzel and
sophomore middle Ashley Schnader (Reinholds, Pa./Garden Spot) with
14 each. Noetzel hit .417 for the match, and also had a pair of
blocks. Outside hitter Amy Miller (Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch)
and opposite Kelsey Fuller (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion) each had 12
kills, while Wiegand finished with 10.
Senior Steph Struass (Penn Hills, Pa./Penn Hills) set the offense
versus Carthage, recording 60 assists while leading Juniata to a
.204 hitting percentage. Strauss and Morrison had 23 and 26 digs
respectively, while Morrison and Wiegand each served up four
aces.
The Eagles had to overcome a Carthage squad that outblocked
Juniata, 13.0 to 5.0, and committed just 19 attack errors to the
Eagles' 32. Juniata finished with 109 digs as a team, most in a
match this season.
The win was also Juniata's first five-set win in exactly a year;
the Eagles' last 3-2 victory was over Christopher Newport on
October 9, 2009.
Juniata heads to Kings Point, N.Y., this weekend for the second of
two Landmark Conference round robin weekends. The Eagles will face
the University of Scranton, Moravian College, and Catholic
University over the two days of competition at Mercahnt Marine's
Edwin J. O'Hara Hall.
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Contact Peter Lefresne at lefresp@juniata.edu or (814)641-3134 for more information.
