MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Grove City College volleyball team opened its road schedule Wednesday night by dropping a 25-19, 25-17, 26-28, 25-20 verdict at Allegheny in the David Wise Center.
Freshman
Bella Costa (Newbury, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) paced the Wolverines with 13 kills while junior
Eloise Augustine (West Chester, Ohio/Mars Hill) posted eight kills. Senior
Faith Keating (Troy, Mich./Troy) recorded seven kills and classmate Robin Collier (Corona, Calif./Carnegie Riverside) collected six kills.
Freshman setter
Brooklyn Wirebaugh (Medina, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) distributed 20 assists and sophomore setter
Kennedy Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) added 17 assists. Kerr also served three aces.
Defensively, junior
Gabby Lucas (Butler, Pa./Butler) recorded a team-leading 17 digs. Costa and Keating each tallied 13 digs while junior
Grace Kim (Sanford, N.C./Homeschooled) posted 11 digs. Sophomore
Audrey Donnelly (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Woodridge) led the Wolverines with four blocks.
Wednesday's match does not count toward the Presidents' Athletic Conference standings as the league's 11 teams are playing a single-round robin 10-match schedule in 2022. Grove City will host Allegheny in a conference match October 27.
Grove City will play three matches this weekend at the Penn State Behrend Invitational in Erie. Friday, Grove City plays Oswego State at 5 p.m. Saturday, the Wolverines will play Fredonia State (1:00 p.m.) and Behrend (3:00 p.m.).