Fifth Set Dominance Leads No. 13 Tartans Past No. 12 Ithaca
The 13th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team traveled to Ithaca, New York, to play in the Bomber Invitational presented by The Hotel Ithaca with its opening match against host Ithaca, ranked 12th in the nation. The Tartans won 3-2 after dominating the fifth set to move to 5-0 for the season and the Bombers drop to 3-2.
Inside the Box Score
- The Tartans won the first, third, and fifth sets with the full set scoreline reading 25-22, 17-25, 26-24,17-25, 15-8.
- The Tartans hit .563 in the final set with 10 kills in 16 attempts.
- Seniors Kate Giang and Neha Tummala each had a double-double.
- Sophomore Logan Devereux led with a career-best 15 kills while Giang finished with a hitting percentage of .270 and 14 kills to go with 16 digs.
- Sophomore Sophie Pan had 10 kills and hit .318.
- Tummala finished with 29 assists and 11 digs while sophomore Dani Lee had 18 assists.
- The Tartans had nine service aces with Lee leading with three and sophomore Caroline Smith and Giang each having two.
- Senior Zoe Gavros led with 17 digs and while Smith was the top Tartan at the net with three block solos and one block assist.