FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech women's volleyball team finished their final day at the OnSet Tournament hosted by Saint Francis on Saturday by picking up two wins, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-20) over West Virginia Tech and 3-2 (15-25, 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 16-14) over #21 Marian University, to move to 3-1 on the young season.
Against WVU Tech, the Warriors were dominant in attack boasting a .476%, which allowed them to control the match. In set one, trailing 13-12,
Emma Westra recorded a kill off an assist from
Andrea Schriver, which started a 7-2 run, giving Tech a lead, they wouldn't surrender. Set two was all Orange and Black, as they never trailed. Set three was even through the 15-point mark but kills from
Taylor Sorg and
Noelle VanOort helped the Warriors stretch their lead and go on to take set three. During this match, Senior setter
Andrea Schriver passed the 2,000 career assists mark, which moved her to No. 6 in Tech's career assists record book.
Emma Westra led the attack for Tech with 14 kills, while
Noelle VanOort served 2 aces. Westra and
Jacqueline Allaway posted 2 blocks apiece.
Andrea Schriver led the team in assists with 39 and
Madison Mayes was the backbone of the defense with 9 digs.
The second match of the day against the Knights didn't start as Fishman and his crew had hoped, as they dropped the first set to the #21 ranked team in the NAIA. The Warriors came out determined after set one and fought hard to take two straight over the Knights. After coming up short in set four, Tech found themselves in a hole to start set 5 as they trailed 8-2 when the team's switched sides. A kill from
Taylor Sorg started a short 3-0 run to help get Tech back into the set. Trailing 7-10, an ace from
Gabriela Ortiz-Acevedo sparked a 5-0 run which gave the Orange and Black their first lead of the game, and they held that lead to upset Marian.
Tech saw some new faces contributing in the day's second game as
Laura Danezzi led the Warriors in assists and aces with 30 and 3, respectively. Ortiz-Acevedo added 2 aces of her own, while VanOort led the offense with 14 kills.
Taylor Sorg was dominant at the net with a game-high 6 blocks, and
Jacey Blust had 11 digs.
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