Carnegie Mellon Tops WashU, Wins First UAA Volleyball Championship Title
The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team defeated 17th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship match to earn the program's first UAA championship. The Tartans won by a 3-0 score (25-22, 25-22, 25-15) to move to 24-8 for the season.
Inside the Box Score
- In set one, senior Katherine Jackston had seven kills, including four straight when the Tartans trailed 21-20.
- Junior Neha Tummala and freshman Dani Lee had seven and nine assists, respectively, in the first set.
- The second set was back-and-forth with the Tartans holding the largest lead at 18-14 off a kill by senior Kai Herchenroether.
- WashU rallied and later tied the set at 19-all but a 3-0 run put the Tartans at 22-19. With the score at 23-22 in favor of the Tartans, a kill by junior Kate Giang and an attack error by WashU ended the set with the Tartans leading the match 2-0.
- The set scoring for the Tartans was split between Jackson, senior Bella Woodard, and Giang in the second set, as each had four kills.
- The Tartans took control of the third set after a service error by WashU made the score 6-4 to the Tartans. From that point, the Tartans had a 12-6 run to push the lead to eight at 18-10.
- Giang was the star of the final set, with seven kills spread out from point three to point 21.
- A block by senior Julianna McFarland, her sixth of the match, finished off the scoring and started the celebration for the Tartans.
Tartan Stats
- Giang led with 14 kills with Jackson following with 13.
- Woodard finished with nine kills and McFarland seven.
- Tummala tallied 23 assists with Lee picking up 20.
- Giang and Jackson recorded double-doubles with 19 digs and 10 digs, respectively.
- Junior libero Zoe Gavros had 12 digs.
- Senior Elizabeth Schlemmer and Woodard followed McFarland in blocks with three and two assists each.