Women's Volleyball Nets Two Straight Set Victories

OSWEGO, N.Y. – For the first time in program history, the Wells College women's volleyball team posted back-to-back 3-0 victories in a doubleheader after defeating Alfred University and Bard College to conclude the Oswego State Volleyball Invitational on Saturday. Exiting play with five victories on the season, Wells has tied the modern day record for single-season wins that they set last season (5-25, 2013).

Wells defeated Alfred in straight sets (25-22, 25-11, 25-11) before dispatching Bard by similar margins (25-11, 25-10, 25-13). Against Bard in the tournament finale, Wells hit a combined .354 off of 30 kills and only seven errors in 65 total attacks to set an all-time program record in that statistic. Versus Alfred, Wells tied the team record for kills in a three-set match with 32.

Setter Taryn Heath (Truxton, N.Y.) assisted 25 of her team's 32 kills, setting a record for helpers in a three-set match. Only a day removed from tallying the program's best-ever single match hitting percentage, junior Vashti Nettles (Long Beach, Calif.) posted a team-leading eight kills alongside only one error in 13 total attacks for a .538 hitting percentage. Defensively, freshman Olyvia Brazier (Stony Brook, N.Y.) chipped in with 14 digs.

In the finale against Bard, sophomore Meredith Kadjeski (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) converted eight kills on 12 attacks for a .583 hitting percentage while freshman Eliza Schwab (Hartland, N.Y.) set up 11 of her team's 30 kills. Defensively, Schwab also led with eight digs. Senior Zakarra Butts (Cortland, N.Y.) hammered home eight service aces in the match, falling only two short of her program record set against Johnson State on Aug. 31, 2013.

For her performance in the two-day invitational, Nettles picked up All-Tournament honors following a poll of the participating coaches.

Wells hosts the first weekend of North Eastern Athletic Conference Pool Play as they welcome Penn College, Gallaudet, Bryn Athyn and Penn St.-Berks to the Schwartz Athletic Center. Matches begin on Saturday at 2 p.m. and on Sunday at 10 a.m.