FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech women's volleyball team defeated the University of Northwestern Ohio, 3-1 (25-17, 29-31, 25-7, 25-13), Wednesday evening inside the Schaefer Center in the team's annual Dig Pink match.
Emma Westra notched a season-best 17 kills while hitting .359 while
Taylor Paul recorded 13 kills to go along with a .270 hitting percentage.
Kelsey Schaldenbrand had 26 assists and 15 digs while
Andrea Schriver had 18 assists, six digs and four service aces.
Madelyn Omo notched five blocks while
Jacey Blust recorded 25 digs.
Tech started off the match on a 3-0 run and grew the lead to 8-4, but the Racers stormed back to tie the set up at 8-8 following a 4-0 run. The Warriors responded with a 7-3 burst to go up 15-11, including a 4-0 run after UNOH had tied the game up at 11. The Orange and Black never let the lead dip under two again in the set as they used a 5-0 run to pull away at 21-14 to take the opening set.
Tech controlled the second set early with an 11-6 advantage, but the visitors came racing back to tie the set up at 20-20, one of 10 ties in the second set. UNOH won four of the next five points to take a 24-22 lead, but the Warriors answered back with three straight points to go up 25-24. After trading the next nine points, the Racers got back to set point thanks to an ace from Jessica Schaad and were the beneficiaries of a bad set to even the match up at 1-1.
The Warriors turned up the heat in the third with a 6-0 run to push their early lead to 10-3 that was powered by back-to-back aces from Schriver. Following two quick points from the Racers, Tech got back to work with a 10-0 run behind the serve of
Katrina Reynolds to make it a 20-5 lead as the hosts got back on top 2-1.
The Orange and Black took the opening serve of the fourth and never looked back as they raced ahead to an 11-6 lead and pushed the advantage to 19-9 following an 8-2 fun that featured four kills from Westra. The Racers were unable to recover as the Warriors cruised to the 25-13 win to take the match 3-1.
Tech (18-11, 10-4 WHAC) returns to action Friday as they travel to Lawrence Tech. First serve is set for 8 p.m. from Don Ridler Field House.
