FROSTBURG, Md. – West Virginia Wesleyan volleyball fell 3-2 (27-25, 16-25, 25-22, 20-25, 13-15) to Frostburg State in a Mountain East Conference match Friday night at Bobcat Arena.
Wesleyan falls to 8-14 overall and 4-5 in MEC play. Frostburg State improves to 6-13, 3-6 MEC. Wesleyan (8-13, 4-5 MEC) drops their first match of the weekend, as Frostburg State (6-13, 3-6 MEC) as they look to sweep the weekend tommorow when they face Glenville State.
Wesleyan trailed 22-18 in the opening set and rallied to win 27-25 in extra points. Frostburg State hit .345 in the second set to even the match with a 25-16 win. Wesleyan took set three 25-22 to move one set from the win, but Frostburg State took set four 25-20 and then closed out the match with a 15-13 win in the fifth. Neither team hit above .050 in the decider.
Emily Denison led Wesleyan with 17 kills and eight blocks. Bhrooke Axe added 16 kills and a team-high 17 digs for a double-double, and Sabrina Carleton had 10 kills. MacKenna Halfin chipped in nine kills, four blocks and eight digs.
Mia Myers had 27 assists and two aces, and Liliana Beckstedt added 17 assists. Emonie Fennell had nine digs and two aces.
Wesleyan had edges in kills (54-43), assists (50-39), digs (59-51) and hitting percentage (.123-.114). Frostburg State had 13 aces to Wesleyan's six and 15 blocks to the visitors' 12.
Grace Yocham led Frostburg State with 12 kills on .333 hitting, and Maya Johnson added 11 kills and four aces. Raegan Philips had 10 blocks, and Emery Kuebler had 19 assists and 11 digs.
The Lady Bobcats are back on the road tomorrow morning against the #1 team in the Mountain East, Fairmont State, at Joe Retton Arena at 10 a.m.
