BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Westminster College volleyball team won, 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 25-21), at Geneva College in its Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) opener Wednesday night.
In set one, Geneva (5-3, 1-1 PAC) held a 19-15 lead. Westminster (8-1, 1-0 PAC), however, went on a 7-3 run to tie it at 22 after junior
Haley Farmerie (Manor, PA / Greensburg Central Catholic) earned a kill. The Titans continued their run as they scored three-straight points, capped off by a service ace by senior
Rachel Moore (Greensburg, PA / Greensburg Central Catholic), to win the set. Westminster led the majority of the way in set two and won the frame, 25-18, after senior
Delaney Saxton (Cortland, OH / Brookfield) received a pass from Moore and killed it. The Golden Tornadoes were in the lead for the majority of the third set and had a five-point lead (18-13) late. The Titans continued to battle and got within one point of Geneva's lead (24-23), after senior
Shanna Daniels (Hermitage, PA / Billy C. Ryan) found Saxton for a kill. Geneva followed a timeout with set point, winning 25-23. Westminster started out the fourth set with a 6-1 lead and never lost it. Geneva got within three points of Westminster's lead several times later in the set, the latest coming at 24-21. First-year
Maya Steward (Los Angeles, CA / William Howard Taft), the PAC Rookie of the Week, sealed the Titan victory with a kill; Daniels earned the assist.
Moore led the Titan defense with a match – and career-high 38 digs. Steward also had a career-high in digs with 27. Titan junior
Reilly DeGeorge (Ashtabula, OH / Saint John) had 25 digs and tied a match-high with a team-high 14 kills. Saxton (12) and Steward (11) also registered double-digit kills. Daniels dished out a team-best 21 assists, while first-year
Samantha Kelly (Irwin, PA / Penn-Trafford) tallied a career-high 20, to go along with 11 digs. Farmerie added a match- and season-high five blocks.
The Titans will next compete in the four-match Wooster Kilt Classic, starting on Friday, September 14 with a 3:30 p.m. match against Pittsburgh-Bradford.
