Tartans Collect a Pair of Wins on Final Day of Marcia French Invitational

(BEREA, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team faced Baldwin Wallace University and John Carroll University on the second day of the Marcia French Invitational Saturday afternoon. The Tartans won both and improved to 6-1 overall. Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll are now at 1-4 and 3-4, respectively.

Inside the Box Score Against Baldwin Wallace

• The Tartans won with set scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-18 for their third straight sweep.
• Junior Kate Giang led the team offensively with 11 kills.
• Senior Kai Herchenroether and freshman Sophie Pan each recorded nine kills. They had kill percentages of 0.500 and 0.421, respectively.
• Junior Neha Tummala dished out 31 assists, more than all of the Yellow Jackets combined.
• Junior Zoe Gavros had a team-high 24 digs. Senior Katherine Jackson had 14.
• Gavros also had five serve assists.
• Giang and Pan each had one block assist.

Inside the Box Score John Carroll

• The Tartans won the first, third, and fourth sets with scores of 25-17, 25-1, and 25-0.
• The Tartans hit an impressive 0.481 in the third set.
• Giang had 24 kills, making this her sixth match with double-digit kills. She had a kill percentage of 0.412. Jackson recorded 11 kills, and senior Bella Woodard recorded 10.
• Tummala was responsible for 42 of the Tartans' 56 assists. She also had a team-high of seven serve-assists.
• Jackson, Gavros, and Tummala had 18, 17, and 16 digs, respectively.
• Herchenroether and Pan each had two block assists and one block solo.

Notes

• Gavros recorded career highs with 24 digs and five service aces against Baldwin Wallace and 12 assists against John Carroll.
• Tummala recorded a career-high seven service aces against John Carroll.

Up Next

On September 9, the Tartans will travel to compete against Grove City College. Competition will begin at 6:00 p.m.