Volleyball Wins Home Match vs. Point Park

Sept. 12 – (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon women’s volleyball team squared off against the Point Park Pioneers in Skibo Gymnasium on Wednesday, September 12 and came away with a 3-0 victory, winning 30-26, 30-22, 30-24. The win improves the Tartans’ record to 4-6 overall, while Point Park falls to 10-4.

The first game of the evening went back and forth with neither team managing to build a sizeable lead. With the score deadlocked at 22, Carnegie Mellon reeled off four straight points, however Point Park responded with three points of their own. Carnegie Mellon took four of the next five points to collect the game one win.

In game two, Carnegie Mellon burst out to a 9-0 lead, with the ninth point coming on a kill from sophomore setter Samantha Carter (San Antonio, Texas/O’Connor). Point Park then gradually cut into the deficit, narrowing the Tartan lead to 23-22. The Tartans then took the final seven points of the game, capped off by a service ace from junior defensive specialist Liz DeVleming (Mercer Island, Wash.).

In the third game, Carnegie Mellon again took an early lead at 12-3. They maintained around a nine point advantage throughout before Point Park made a late comeback. With the Tartans’ leading 27-18, the Pioneers won six of the next seven points before Carnegie Mellon finished the match, thanks to a kill from junior middle hitter Chisom Amaechi (New Haven, Conn./Hopkins) and a service ace from sophomore outside hitter Abby Branch (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South).

Freshman outside hitter Caroline Size (Lewes, Del./St. Thomas Moore Academy) led the Tartans with 13 kills and Amaechi added 10 kills along with five total blocks in the win. Carter collected 38 assists on the evening and freshman libero Cameron Griffin (Lake Forest, Ill.) tallied five service aces and eight digs.

The Carnegie Mellon women’s volleyball team will next be in action in the Carnegie Mellon Crossover tournament, which they will host on September 21-22. They are scheduled to begin play on Friday, September 21 at 6 p.m. against Otterbein College.