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Tartans Open NCAA Tournament with 3-0 Win Over Stevens

Tartans Open NCAA Tournament with 3-0 Win Over Stevens

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The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team re-entered the national rankings at 23rd and topped Stevens Institute of Technology on Thursday in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship at home in the Highmark Center for Health, Wellness and Athletics. The Tartans are now 25-8 for the season.

Inside the Box Score

  • The Tartans hit .304 in the first set with junior Kate Giang leading with five kills.
  • A trio of seniors, Julianna McFarland, Bella Woodard, and Katherine Jackson each had four kills in the first set.
  • With the score tied at 19-all, a kill by Jackson led to a 6-2 run to end the first set after a kills by McFarland.
  • Set two was similar to set one in that it was back-and-forth until the Tartans ran off a 4-0 run to make it 18-14 behind three kills by Jackson that pushed Stevens to call a timeout.
  • Out of the timeout, the Tartans got a block from seniors Elizabeth Schlemmer and Kai Herchenroether to make it 19-14 before they would go on for the 25-19 win.
  • The Tartans first seven points of set three came off of kills, including two by Herchenroether and the team led 7-5.
  • With the score at 8-7, the Tartans scored four straight via two kills by Schlemmer sandwiched between two attack errors by Stevens which made it 12-7.
  • Back-to-back points by McFarland off a block solo and a kill made the score 21-10.
  • The Tartan run continued with a kill by Jackson, a service ace by Giang, and a kill by Woodard giving the Tartans match point.
  • After an attack error by the Tartans, Woodard finished off the match with a kill off a set by Tummala.
  • The Tartans finished the set with a .533 hitting percentage.

Tartan Stats

  • Jackson led with 11 kills while Woodard finished with 10.
  • Junior Tummala Tummala tallied 25 assists with Lee finishing with 17.
  • Giang led with two service aces.
  • Junior Zoe Gavros finished with 24 digs while Giang and Tummala each had 10 digs.
  • McFarland finished with three blocks while Herchenroether had two block assists.

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