ERIE, Pa. -- The Grove City College volleyball team earned two victories Saturday at the Penn State Behrend Invitational, finishing off a 3-0 performance at the two-day event. Grove City opened Saturday's play with a 25-11, 25-16, 17-25, 25-15 win over Fredonia State. The Wolverines then pulled out a five-set win over Behrend in Saturday's finale at the Junker Center, 25-21, 25-22, 14-25, 20-25, 15-11).
All-Tournament honoree
Anna DeGraaf (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) paced Grove City (3-5) with 13 kills against Fredonia State. The junior middle blocker posted a .310 hitting percentage for the match.Â
Freshman
Bella Costa (Newbury, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) posted 11 kills while senior
Faith Keating (Troy, Mich./Troy) and junior
Eloise Augustine (West Chester, Ohio/Mars Hill) both chipped in five kills.Â
Sophomore setter
Kennedy Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) tallied 17 assists and freshman
Brooklyn Wirebaugh (Medina, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) recorded 14 assists. Wirebaugh also served three of Grove City's 11 aces. Costa, Kerr and junior
Gabby Lucas (Butler, Pa./Butler) all had two aces.Â
DeGraaf led Grove City with four blocks while senior
Robyn Collier (Corona, Calif./Carnegie Riverside) had three blocks. All-Tournament honoree Keating had a team-leading 20 digs. Costa collected 19 digs and Lucas finished with 13 digs.Â
Keating pounded out 16 kills in Saturday's nightcap against Penn State Behrend. DeGraaf added nine kills on 20 total attacks while Augustine and Costa each contributed eight kills.Â
Wirebaugh led Grove City with 22 assists while Kerr distributed 19 assists. Lucas served four aces, Kerr had three aces and Keating added two service aces in the victory.Â
Defensively, Collier led Grove City with six total blocks. DeGraaf recorded four blocks and sophomore
Audrey Donnelly (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Woodridge) added three blocks. Lucas recorded a team-leading 27 digs while Costa tallied 18 digs. Keating (14) and Kerr (12) also had double-digit dig performances.Â
Grove City had eight team kills and only one error on its 12 attacks in the fifth set.Â
Winners of three straight, Grove City returns to action next Friday and Saturday with three matches at Thiel College in Greenville. Friday, Grove City faces Alma at 5:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, the Wolverines play Brockport State and Thiel at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively.