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Volleyball Lady ‘Cats get blanked by Seton Hill

GREENSBURG, Pa. — The West Virginia Wesleyan volleyball team (6-16, 2-6 Mountain East Conference) fell in a non-conference match versus Seton Hill (13-8, 3-6 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) on Wednesday (Oct. 12) evening.

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Hope Arce-Reed had a team-leading seven kills. Setter Payton Hefner passed 13 assists. Joelle Lalla and Arce-Reed each had two blocks. Alexis Moeschler led the Lady Bobcats with six digs.
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Match Summary
Wesleyan took 10 of the first 14 points and led 10-4. The Griffins battled back and tied the game 16-16. Seton Hill did not concede consecutive points to the Lady Bobcats the rest of the first set and won set one, 25-22.

Seton Hill Controlled the entire second set jumping out to an 11-3 lead before winning set two, 25-8.

Set three totaled nine tie-scores and six lead changes. After 18 possible points the game was tied 9-9. The largest lead of the third set was two until the Griffins claimed five of the last seven points to win the third set, 25-20.

Up Next
The Lady Bobcats will resume MEC play on Friday (Oct. 14) on the road versus Notre Dame (Ohio). The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

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