Volleyball Outlasts Wheeling In Road Five-Setter

On Tuesday (Oct. 22) night in West Virginia, Ashland University's volleyball team topped Wheeling, 3-2 (25-23, 18-25, 20-25, 25-18, 20-18).
 
The win improved the Eagles' overall record to 13-7, while snapping the Cardinals' (14-8) seven-match winning streak.
 
Sophomore libero Abbey Queen ended the night with 32 digs. She has three matches this season with at least 32 digs – which are three of the top nine single-match dig totals in program history.
 
STAT-SHEET STUFFERS…AND THE REST OF THE STORY

• Sophomore setter Kylee Urban finished with 49 assists, four kills and nine digs, and four Eagles had double-digit kills – senior right-side hitter GraceAnn Hartman (17), freshman outside hitters Sara Krizsa (14) and Samantha Young (13), and sophomore middle hitter Ravin Morgan (11).
• Defensively, joining Queen with double-digit digs were junior defensive specialist Macy McNamara (15), Young (13), and freshman defensive specialist Kaylee Davis (10).
• Of AU's 23 blocks on the night, Morgan (six block assists), Young (five block assists) and freshman middle hitter Livi Miller (one block solo, four block assists) finished with the majority.
• Tuesday's match featured 33 tie scores and eight lead changes.
• Ashland is 3-1 in five-set matches this season.

UP NEXT
Back to Great Midwest Athletic Conference play, and back to the Sherrill Hudson Court at Kates Gymnasium, vs. Malone on Friday (Oct. 25) at 6 p.m.. Ashland is in first place in the East Division at 6-1 in the league, while the Pioneers are 5-16, 2-6.