Wright State University
12-20, 4-12Horizon
Youngstown State
7-21, 5-11Horizon
Volleyball Closes Out Season with 3-1 Victory Over Youngstown State
11/14/2009 12:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Wright State volleyball team put four players in double figure kills and never trailing in the final set of their four-set victory over Youngstown State on Saturday, winning by scores of 19-25, 25-23, 25-20 and 25-22. Lexi Leonhard paced the attack with 17 kills, while Jessica Woods added 14 kills to help WSU to a victory on Senior Day.
The Raiders stumbled in the open set as YSU opened an early 8-2 lead, but WSU would chip away at that lead and pull within two points, midway through the match. Ashley Heyman sent a pass from Michelle Hammond to the ground to make the score 16-14 in favor of the Penguins. Youngstown State would answer with a quick 4-0 spurt to extend their lead and sideout nearly the rest of the match to claim the 25-19 win in set one.
In the second set, both teams would hold multi-point leads late in the contest. YSU held the first edge at 14-10, but WSU closed the match on a 13-5 run to open up a 23-19 lead. The lead came on a string of WSU points starting with a service ace from Woods to knot the match at 19-19. That was followed by kills from Michelle Hammond, before Woods capped it off with another service ace. After three straight YSU points, an attacking error gave WSU set point and Leonhard ended the set with a kill.
It was back and forth between the two teams early in set, before WSU went on a 9-2 run to grab an 18-11 edge. Woods posted four kills during that span and the Green and Gold traded points to close out the set and grab a 2-1 edge in the match.
Woods and Leonhard each collected four kills in the fourth set and the Raiders posted a .250 hitting percentage, never trailing in the set to claim the victory. WSU had 15 kills, one service ace and forced the Penguins into five hitting errors to close out the season finale in the McLin Gymnasium.
Leonhard had 17 kills to pace the Raider attack and chipped in 13 digs to post the double-double on senior night. Awaa added 10 kills in her career finale, while Hammond handed out 45 assists and collected 21 digs and Tina Paunicka had one kill, one assist and six digs on the evening. YSU's Ruth Boscaljon led all players with 18 kills and freshman Stefanie Shiramizu paced everyone with 31 digs for WSU.
The Raiders ended the season with a 12-20 overall mark and posted a 4-12 record in Horizon League play.
