'On This Day' Women’s Volleyball Team Perfect on the Weekend at 4-0
'On This Day' is a Wells College Athletics feature series taking a look back on events that occurred on this day, Oct. 5, six years ago in 2014.
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. – Dropping only one set the entire weekend of North Eastern Athletic Conference play, the Wells College women's volleyball team posted a 4-0 record this past weekend after defeating the SUNY Institute of Technology by a 3-1 score before blanking the hosts from Cazenovia College 3-0 on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. Wells' overall record stands at 14-6 while boasting a league record of 7-1 exiting play this weekend.
Despite dropping the first set by a 25-17 margin to SUNYIT, Wells rallied to dispatch the Wildcats by set scores of 25-10, 25-13 and 25-18. In the final match of the afternoon, Wells edged Cazenovia in straight sets by scores of 25-19, 25-12 and 25-20. The opening set loss to SUNYIT was Wells' first on the weekend after posting back-to-back 3-0 wins against Morrisville State and SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday.
In the opener against SUNYIT, freshman Olyvia Brazier tied the team record for digs in a four-set match with 20 to her credit. Eliza Schwab also went on to set a career-high mark with 35 assists in the match. As a team, Wells' six total blocks against SUNYIT tied the all-time program mark, set three times prior.
Offensively, Vashti Nettles hammered home 12 kills on 31 total attacks to register a .290 hitting percentage. Anuhea Leite-Ah Yo picked up a double-double, reaching double-digits in kills (10) and digs (15). Jessilyn Artaho-Aki narrowly missed double-digit kill and dig totals, posting nine of each while committing only two attacking errors on 40 swings.
Versus Cazenovia, Wells hit at a .324 clip as a team, their highest against any conference opponent in team history. Sophomore Meredith Kadjeski hammered home a team-best nine kills while Nettles posted seven of her own. Taryn Heath assisted 24 of her team's 35 kills while Artaho-Aki secured seven digs defensively to lead the way. Artaho-Aki also posted four service aces, setting a career-high mark in that statistic.
Poly Boxscore: https://www.wells-express.com/sports/wvball/2014-15/boxscores/20141005_tahk.xml
Cazenovia Boxscore: https://www.wells-express.com/sports/wvball/2014-15/boxscores/20141005_fpph.xml
