Giang Records 1,000th Career Kill, as #25 Tartans Split Action at UAA Round Robin #3

(CHICAGO, Ill.) – The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team, ranked 25th nationally, competed in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Round Robin #3. The Tartans opened the day competing against the host University of Chicago and dropped a 3-1 decision. The Cardinal and Gray then defeated NYU  3-0. The Tartans are now 20-7 for the year and 4-3 in the UAA.

Inside the Box Score vs. Chicago

• The Tartans claimed the first set, 25-14, but the Maroons took the next three in a tight match up 25-23, 25-22, 26-24.
• The Tartans hit .267 and the Maroons hit .132.
• Senior Katherine Jackson led the team offensively, with 12 kills, followed by senior Julianna McFarland with nine kills and senior Elizabeth Schlemmer and classmate Bella Woodard with eight kills each.
• Junior Kate Giang ended with six kills, which have her 1,000 for her career.
• Freshman Melissa Jin led the Tartans with 25 assists while junior Neha Tummala tallied 15 assists.
• Junior Zoe Gavros led the Tartans with 16 digs. Junior Kate Giang recorded 11 digs.
• McFarland led at the net with six block assists and three block solos.

Inside the Box Score vs. NYU

• The Tartans won by set scores of 25-10, 25-23, 25-20.
• The Tartans hit .276 and the Bobcats hit .110.
• Giang led the Tartans with 11 kills, followed by Jackson with none kills with Giang hitting .320 and Jackson .348.
• Jin and sophomore Izzy Saffert each recorded two service aces for the Tartans.
• Jin and Tummala led in assists for the Tartans with 17 and 14, respectively.
• Giang led the Tartans with 12 digs, followed by Tummala with 10, and Jin with eight.
• Senior Kai Herchenroether and McFarland led the Tartans with two solo blocks each. McFarland also tabbed three block assists

Notes

• Giang now has 1,011 kills for her career with 293 coming this year as a Tartan and 718 coming at Wellesley.

Next Up:

The Tartans will travel to Huntingdon, Pennsylvania to Juniata College, on Saturday, November 8th to compete against Penn State Altoona at 2:30 p.m. and Juniata at 5:00 p.m.