Naperville, Ill. - The Wheaton College volleyball team went 2-2 at the two-day North Central College Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament on Friday and Saturday.
The Thunder run its record to 14-11 overall on the season. Senior libero
Kaitlyn Graham Novosad (PICTURED ABOVE) also earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
Saturday's first match against Coe College went to the Kohawks 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 25-15).
Megan McKinley, who led the offense in kills in all four weekend matches, tallied 10.
Andy DeMoss contributed eight kills. Setter
Jenna McCallister tallied 33 assists.
Emily Buyse collected four block assists in the middle. Cassie Murpy's 17 digs led the defense and
Kaitlyn Graham Novosad added 16 digs.
The final match on Saturday went to the Thunder as they came away with a 3-0 sweep of Judson University (25-13, 25-13, 25-22). McKinley scored 15 kills and served up three aces. Murphy came away with a balanced line of two total blocks, 12 digs and seven kills. McCallister replicated her earlier effort with 33 assists, adding two aces. Graham Novosad paced the defense with 18 digs along with two aces.
In the first match of the day, Wheaton swept Aurora University 3-0, with set scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-12.
Megan McKinley led the way offensively, scoring 11 kills.
Emily Buyse and
Cassie Murphy added seven kills apiece. Setter
Jenna McCallister passed out 35 assists. Defensively, Lindsey Stein collected four blocks in the middle, with three blocks coming from
Andy DeMoss.
Kaitlyn Graham Novosad picked up 17 digs and scored three aces. Murphy also had 17 digs.
The second match against nationally-ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater ended with a 3-1 victory for the Warhawks (25-21, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21). The Thunder got 19 kills from McKinley, eight kills from DeMoss and seven more for Buyse. Stein replicated her previous effort with four blocks. McCallister dished 40 assists, and Graham Novosad led the team with 32 digs.
The Thunder continue action at the tournament on Saturday with a 10 AM match against Coe College and a 2 PM match versus Judson University.