Women's Volleyball Takes Down Lancaster Bible, 3-1

LANCASTER, Pa. – The Wells College women's volleyball team finished last weekend's North Eastern Athletic Conference Crossover Weekend with a 3-0 record in league play following a 3-1 win against Lancaster Bible College on Saturday. Wells wrapped up play with a 6-6 overall record and boasts a 3-0 NEAC mark.

In the match, Wells dropped the first set by a 25-22 score but rattled off three-straight set wins (25-21, 25-22, 25-11) to take the match and hand Lancaster Bible their first-ever home NEAC women's volleyball match after previously boasting an 8-0 record against other home opponents.

Senior Vashti Nettles (Long Beach, Calif.) posted 13 kills, tying junior Meredith Kadjeski (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) for the team lead. Sophomore Eliza Schwab (Hartland, N.Y.) set up 40 kills and classmate Olyvia Brazier (Stony Brook, N.Y.) fell only one dig shy of tying the all-time single match program record with 25 to her credit.

The Chargers took the first match after unfortunate attacking errors when tied at 18 all allowed the hosts to make a quick run to a 25-22 opening set win. Despite trailing by a 6-0 margin in the second set, Wells quickly turned the match around and came back from a 16-9 deficit to post a 25-21 win after Kadjeski's back-to-back kills while trailing 20-19 catapulted the Express to the lead.

Wells once again overcame a deficit in the third set, trailing 19-17 and eventually capturing a 25-22 win. With Leite-Ah Yo serving at 20-20 after a key kill from freshman Amanda Springer (Norwood, Mass.), she posted back-to-back service aces before Springer followed with another kill to set the score at 23-21. The Chargers committed a service error before an attacking error to grant Wells the victory.

The Express cruised to a third set victory as a kill by Nettles put Wells ahead 13-7 and she later served her team for six-straight points to take a 19-7 lead. The Express forced the Chargers into two time outs in the final six plays, but the early damage had been done and Wells secured the come-from-behind 3-1 match victory.

Wells returns to action this Wednesday, Sept. 23 as they welcome SUNY Delhi to Aurora for a 7 p.m. match in the Farenthold Athletic Wing.