St. Louis, Mo. - The Wheaton volleyball team opened its first day of action on Friday at the two-day Bear Invite, hosted by WashU. The Thunder opened the tournament with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-11) victory against Wesbter University. Wheaton played the host Bears of No. 14 ranked WashU in their second match of the day. WashU topped the Thunder, 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-21).
The Thunder resume action on Saturday with a pair of matches. Wheaton will face Bowdoin College at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Thunder contest against UC-Santa Cruz at 12:30 p.m.
In today's 3-0 victory against Webster,
Sydney Overweg led the Thunder with 11 kills and a .500 attack percentage. The senior also led Wheaton with a team-high four total kills, including two solo blocks.
Chelsea Poskocil had nine kills, with no errors as she recorded a .600 attack percentage.
Mary Patrick tallied seven kills,
Mary Hamann added six, and
Paris Griffin had five kills. Libero
Avery Nance had a match-high 16 digs and Poskocil recorded 13.
Karalyn Osborne led Wheaton with 18 assists and Alaina Nino added 14.
Katherine Adkison was Wheaton's kills leader in the matchup against WashU. She tied for a match-high with 10 total kills. Poskocil had nine kills, while Hamann and Patrick each had four kills apiece. Poskocil, Nino and Nance each had six kills against the Bears. Nino and Osborne each had 13 assists in the contests.Â
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