GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Grove City College volleyball team extended its win streak to six matches by earning a pair of victories Saturday at the Thiel Invitational. Grove City (6-5) opened play with a 25-20, 14-25, 25-14, 25-23 victory over Brockport State. The Wolverines then earned a 25-23, 24-26, 25-22, 23-25, 15-13 win over Thiel in a non-conference match at Rissell-Beeghly Gymnasia.
Grove City trailed 12-8 in the fifth set against Thiel but rallied for the win by scoring seven of the final eight points after a timeout.
Senior
Faith Keating (Troy, Mich./Troy) led Grove City with 16 kills in the nightcap against Thiel while junior
Anna DeGraaf (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) posted eight kills. Freshman
Bella Costa (Newbury, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) added seven kills and senior
Robyn Collier (Corona, Calif./Carnegie Riverside) chipped in six kills.
Sophomore setter
Kennedy Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) tallied 22 assists and freshman
Brooklyn Wirebaugh (Medina, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) set 16 assists. Costa served four aces. Kerr and junior
Gabby Lucas (Butler, Pa./Butler) both had three aces.Â
Defensively, DeGraaf led Grove City with a career-high 10 blocks. Collier added eight blocks and sophomore
Audrey Donnelly (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Woodridge) contributed four blocks.Â
Keating collected a team-leading 30 digs while Lucas chalked up 28 digs. Costa and Kerr both had 15 digs. Wirebaugh and junior
Grace Kim (Sanford, N.C./Homeschooled) each recorded 13 digs.
Junior
Eloise Augustine (West Chester, Ohio/Mars Hill) paced Grove City in the opener by registering 11 kills. Costa added eight kills while DeGraaf and Keating each had six kills in the four-set triumph.Â
Wirebaugh had 20 assists and Kerr posted 16 assists. Costa and Wirebaugh both had three serving aces.Â
Lucas led Grove City's defensive efforts with 23 digs. Keating totaled 21 digs while Costa had 16 digs. DeGraaf had four blocks.
Grove City is now 8-1 all-time against Brockport State. Saturday's match marked the first meeting in 20 years between the programs.Â
Grove City's six-match win streak is the longest for the program since the 2007 team won its first eight matches.Â
The Wolverines will host Geneva at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Grove City College Arena. It will be Grove City's 2022 home opener.Â