BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – West Virginia Wesleyan volleyball beat Salem 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 25-21) Thursday night at the Rockefeller Center, and Emily Denison recorded her 1,000th career kill in the third set.
The Lady Bobcats improve to 9-15 overall on the season. Wesleyan looks to use this win as momentum to end the regular season after losing four straight prior to tonight. Salem falls to 16-11.
Wesleyan trailed 9-4 in the opening set, then scored eight straight points to take control and won 25-22. The Bobcats hit .324 in the second set to win 25-19. Salem hit .355 in the third set to win 25-21, but Wesleyan closed out the match by hitting .364 in the fourth set for a 25-21 win.
Denison finished with 18 kills on .394 hitting, along with 14 digs, four aces and three blocks. MacKenna Halfin led the Bobcats with 20 kills on .410 hitting, and Bhrooke Axe added 17 kills, 13 digs and three blocks.
Liliana Beckstedt was dishing out the ball all over the court, gaining 58 assists, 11 digs and two blocks. Leah Myers had two aces, and Emonie Fennell helped the defense adding nine digs.
Wesleyan hit .272 to Salem's .232 and held advantages in kills (66-47), assists (63-45), digs (66-49), aces (8-3) and blocks (6-4).
Alexandra Vigneron led Salem with 14 kills, and Brianna Beyerle added 13 kills and nine digs. Katie Kennedy had 33 assists and a match-high 17 digs. There were 121 fans in attendance.
The Lady Bobcats return to the Rockefeller Center tomorrow night at 7 p.m. to host Point Park to cap off the three game week.
