Latrobe, PA — The Oberlin College volleyball team dropped a pair of non-conference matches to Westminster College and John Carroll University on the final day of the St. Vincent Tournament.
Westminster Match
The Yeomen fell in straight sets to the Wesminster Titans, dropping the first two frames by a score of 21-25 before coming up just short in the decisive third set, 23-25.
On the offensive side of the net,
Maura Gibbs led the team with seven kills.
Sara Chang,
Natasha Radic and Grace Flynn-Young added six kills each to the box score.
Samantha Lam and Chang split the setting duties in the match. Lam finished with 18 assists, while Chang tallied 16 in three error-free sets.
Flynn-Young also made her presence felt defensively as she was a part of three blocks in the match. Defensive specialist
Emily Kelkar led the team with 17 digs, while Lam reached down for nine.
John Carroll Match
Oberlin played John Carroll tight, but failed to secure a victory. The Yeowomen fell by scores of 22-25, 21-25 and 25-27 in its final match at the tournament.
In a seesaw opening set, the Yeowomen would take a 21-17 lead when when
McLean Sammon spiked down a ball off the feed from Chang. Oberlin failed to hold off the Blue Streaks offense as they won eight of the next nine points of the set to take a 1-0 lead.
John Carroll ran with the momentum from the opening frame and jumped out early in the second set, but the Yeowomen clawed their way back. A stretch of three straight points for Oberlin, highlighted by Chang's two kills, would tie the set at 21, but the Blue Streaks offense came to life late again.
The Yeowomen held the lead for most of the third set. Late in the frame, Kelkar recorded a service ace and two points later the Blue Streaks committed a service error to give the Yeowomen a 25-24 lead, but John Carroll won the next three points to take the victory.
Radic led the Yeowomen offensive attack with seven kills, while Gibbs recorded six and
Lexi Mitchell racked up five. Lam set up the Oberlin offense as she tallied 22 assists in the match.
On defense, Kelkar reached down for 14 digs and Gibbs totaled eight in the final match of the weekend. Flynn-Young again led the team defensively at the net as she earned two solo blocks and one assisted.
At the end of the tournament, Mitchell was named to the all-tournament team for her strong play. The junior from Fort Mill, South Carolina recorded 33 kills, 31 digs and three blocks this weekend.
The 1-3 Yeowomen will look to bounce back next Saturday as they travel to Steubenville, Ohio for a pair of non-conference matches at Franciscan University. Oberlin will square off against the host at 12 p.m. and then play La Roche College at 2 p.m.
