Tartans Split Play at Juniata College
The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team faced Penn State Altoona and the ninth-ranked Juniata College on Saturday. The Tartans won 3-0 against Penn State Altoona and fell 3-2 to Juniata. The Tartans are now 21-8 overall as they head into the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship play.
Inside the Box Score vs. Penn St. Altoona
- The Tartans won 3-0 with set scores of 25-10, 25-11, 25-11.
- The Tartans hit 0.283, and the Lions hit -0.071.
- Senior Katherine Jackson led the team offensively with nine kills.
- Freshman Dani Lee and junior Neha Tummala each dished out 11 assists.
- Junior Zoe Gavros had a team high of four service aces.
- Gavros also led the team with nine digs. Jackson and junior Kate Giang each had eight.
- Jackson, senior Bella Woodard, and senior Kai Herchenroether each recorded two block assists.
Inside the Box Score vs. Juniata
- The Tartans lost 3-2 to the Eagles. The Tartans won the first and fourth sets 25-23 and 25-18, while the Eagles won the remaining sets 25-11, 25-18, and 15-9.
- The Tartans hit 0.121 and the Eagles hit 0.213.
- Woodard, Jackson, Giang, and senior Julianna McFarland each recorded seven kills for the Cardinal and Gray.
- Lee had a team high 21 assists.
- Gavros had two service aces.
- Giang and sophomore Izzy Saffert recorded 17 and 14 digs, respectively.
- McFarland had eight block assists, and Herchenroether had one block solo.