Nettles Sets Single-Match Kill Mark In Loss To Hartwick
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | T | |
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Hartwick (1-3) | 17 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 3 |
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Wells (2-3) | 25 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Wells (2-2) | 19 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 1 |
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Fredonia (3-0) | 25 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 3 |
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Wells College women's volleyball team posted a 3-1 loss to Fredonia State College before losing a five-set thriller to Hartwick College, concluding the two-day Red Dragon Invitational with a 2-2 overall record. Wells drops to 2-3 overall on the year following Saturday's losses.
Senior Vashti Nettles (Long Beach, Calif.) was voted to the All-Tournament team following a vote from the coaching staffs present. Across the four-day tournament, Nettles pounded 62 kills and chipped in with eight service aces, 14 digs and 10 total blocks. Additionally, against Hartwick, Nettles posted 24 kills to set the single match program record to break teammate Meredith Kadjeski's (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) record of 23 kills, achieved twice.
Fredonia St. was able to defeat Wells in four sets via scores of 25-19, 25-15, 19-25 and 25-16. The Express captured the third set after hitting an impressive .363, using 14 kills on 33 swings with only two attacking errors committed, but 11 attacking errors in the first two sets placed Wells in a hole early.
Nettles posted a team-best 13 kills for the Express, adding a team-best three service aces. Sophomore Olyvia Brazier (Stony Brook, N.Y.) had another solid all-around game for Wells, chipping in with 23 digs (the most-ever by a single player in a four set match) and 12 kills to hit .184 on the afternoon after committing only five attacking errors in 38 total attempts. Sophomore Eliza Schwab (Hartland, N.Y.) assisted 37 of her team's 40 kills while libero Nadine Pershyn (Buffalo, N.Y.) led the team with 13 digs.
Hartwick defeated Wells in a five-set thriller, posting set scores of 17-25, 27-25, 25-23, 12-25 and 15-12. Nettles recorded the team-record 24 single match kills to lead Wells while Schwab chipped in with 45 assists. Defensively, Brazier added 20 digs and senior Nicole Loeven (Pawling, N.Y.) posted 17 digs of her own. Nettles continued her strong stretch of serving, tying with Brazier with five service aces.
Wells returns to action this Friday, Sept. 11 as they face-off against Mt. Aloysius and the host Soaring Eagles from Elmira College at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.
