PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The Grove City College volleyball team's seven-match win streak ended Saturday afternoon as the Wolverines dropped a pair of non-conference decisions at Carnegie Mellon. Host CMU earned a 25-20, 25-16, 25-15 victory in Saturday's opener at Wiegand Gym. Marietta then pulled out a 25-23, 25-22, 25-21 victory over the Wolverines in the nightcap.
Senior
Faith Keating (Troy, Mich./Troy) and junior
Anna DeGraaf (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) both posted a team-high nine kills against Marietta. Junior
Eloise Augustine (West Chester, Ohio/Mars Hill) added eight kills for Grove City (7-7).
Freshman setter
Brooklyn Wirebaugh (Medina, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) distributed 17 assists and sophomore setter
Kennedy Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) added 16 assists. Both setters each served three aces. Junior libero Gabby Lucas (Butler, Pa./Butler) served a pair of aces.
DeGraaf helped lead Grove City's defensive efforts with five blocks. Keating added two blocks. She also had a team-leading 21 digs while Lucas tallied nine digs.
DeGraaf and sophomore
Audrey Donnelly (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Woodridge) both recorded six kills against Carnegie Mellon. Senior
Robyn Collier (Corona, Calif./Carnegie Riverside) added five kills. Kerr led Grove City with 15 assists.Â
Lucas led the defense with 15 digs. Wirebaugh posted 10 digs. Donnelly tallied a pair of blocks.
Grove City will visit La Roche for a 6 p.m. non-conference match Tuesday.