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Box Score 2 Wooster, Ohio – The Oberlin College volleyball team found itself on the wrong end of a pair of matches at the Wooster Kilt Classic on Saturday afternoon. Oberlin fell to Albion in straight sets before going the distance against Muskingum.
The Muskies outlasted the Yeowomen 25-12, 15-25, 25-17, 17-25 and 15-9, while the Britons cruised to a 25-20, 25-11 and 25-12 win.
Muskingum Recap Against the Muskies, All-Tournament Team selection
Dana Thomas paced the Oberlin attack with 14 kills, while
Jillian Hostetler added 12 and
Ave Spencer chipped in with nine to go along with 17 digs.
After a lackluster first set, Oberlin hit an impressive .429 in the 25-15 second-set win. The Yeowomen had 15 kills on 28 swings in the game with just three errors.
In the pivotal third set, Oberlin trailed 14-13, but the Muskies pulled awayto take a 2-1 lead in the match. The Yeowomen would respond in the fourth game, opening up a 10-2 lead right from the start as they flipped the script to force a decisive fifth set with a 25-17 win.
In the race to 15, the Yeowomen and Muskies were locked up at 5-5, but a 6-0 Muskies run put Oberlin in a huge deficit that they were unable to overcome.
Meredith Leung assisted on 37 points for Oberlin and added 11 digs, senior
Molly Powers had a match-high 28 digs to go along with a team-best four aces.
The Yeowomen have now dropped four straight matches, falling to 2-7 on the year.
Albion RecapThe Oberlin offense never got going against the Britons, hitting -.131 for the match with 38 attack errors and 24 kills.
Thomas led Oberlin with eight kills, while Thomas added five.
The Yeowomen return home to host Penn State-Fayette on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
