Thursday, Sept. 10 Volleyball Results
Toledo 3, Lehigh 1
Akron 3, Cleveland State 1
Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments
Toledo | Box Score
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The Toledo women's volleyball team handed Lehigh its first loss of the season with a 3-1 victory (25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 25-22) on the first day of the West Virginia Invitational in Morgantown, W. Va. on Thursday afternoon.
The Rockets (5-1) had three players with double-figure kills, led by
Ava Siefke with 14 terminations and
Kayla Ozanich with a season-high 13 kills and six total blocks.
Jessica Costlow fired off 11 kills to go along with a career-best 22 digs to record her second double-double of the season.
Maddy Bach led UT with a season-high 25 assists to go along with 11 digs for her second double-double of the year. Junior
Janelle Green also tallied 20 assists, setting a new career best.
Toledo fired off seven service aces throughout the contest, all from
Lilly Merk and
Grace Freiberger. Merk had four aces while Freiberger tallied three.
Toledo wraps up the West Virginia Invitational with matchups against VCU and West Virginia on Friday, Sept. 11. The Rockets will take on the Rams at 1:30 p.m. and conclude the tournament against the Mountaineers at 7 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
Akron | Box Score
AKRON, OH -- Akron volleyball team needed just four sets (29-27, 25-17, 21-25, 25-17, 25-17) to beat the Cleveland State Vikings in their home opener and first match of the Zips Invitational at James A Rhodes Arena on Thursday.
The first set proved to be a back-and-forth battle as Akron emerged victorious with consecutive points as
Chiara Gennari served up an ace and
Lyndi Wolf put the set away with a kill. Wolf finished the match with seven kills, while Gennari accounted for 14.5 points in the match and posted a team-best .250 hitting percentage. Gennari recorded 11 kills, while both players accounted for four of the Zips eight blocks.
The Zips cruised through set two (25-17) and were narrowly edged in the third set (25-21) before cruising to the lopsided fourth set victory (25-17).
The Zips were led by a double-double from
Delaney Gash, who registered 14 kills, 11 digs and an ace for 15 points..
Lauren Wilson also added 15.5 points with a team-high 15 kills and a block to help the attack. Additionally, the Zips dished out serve aces in total as
Taylor Donovan registered a team-high three aces.
On the defensive end,
Vanessa Del Real anchored the defense with 14 digs, while Gennari and Wolf paced the aerial defense.
Game Notes
» Akron had three players in double figures in kills.
» Taylor Donovan had a match-high three aces in the win.
» Delaney Gash registered a double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs
» Lauren Wilson had a match-high 15 kills for Akron.
» Akron got a match-high 14 digs from Vanessa Del Real.
» Akron attackers were helped by a match-high 33 assists from Masa Prascevic.
The Zips will be back in action at the Zips Invitational on Friday (Sept. 11) at 4 p.m. against Coppin State and again on Saturday (Sept. 12) against Valparaiso at 11 a.m. inside James A. Rhodes Arena.
