Brynn Shearn's Career Day Lifts Tartans to a Five-Set Victory at Messiah
The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team, ranked eighth nationally, traveled to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday night and came away with a 3-2 victory. Junior Brynn Shearn's first career double-double helped the Tartans improve to 8-1 on the season while Messiah is now 7-2.
Inside the Box Score
- The set scores were 25-18, 18-25, 21-25, 25-19, and 15-4.
- Shearn along with senior Kate Giang headed the Tartans offense. Shearn finished with a career-best 17 kills while hitting .317. Giang ended with a team-best 20 kills.
- Senior Neha Tummala dished out 25 assists while sophomore Melissa Jin ended with 13.
- Giang led the Tartans with four aces, as the Cardinal and Gray posted nine total as a team.
- Defensively, five Tartans finished with double digits digs. Giang had 18 to lead the way followed by Tummala and senior Zoe Gavros with 17 each. Shearn recorded 12 digs as did junior Izzy Saffert.
- At the net, the Tartans recorded 10 block assists with freshman Ellie Corsello leading the way with three.