Volleyball opens season with split
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
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Pitt.-Greensburg (0-2,0-0 AMCC) | 23 | 18 | 15 | 0 |
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Bethany (1-1,0-0 PAC) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | T | |
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Bethany (0-1,0-0 PAC) | 25 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 2 |
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Rochester Inst. (1-0,0-0 Liberty League) | 23 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 3 |
LATROBE, PA - The Bethany College women's volleyball team opened with 2024 season by splitting a pair of matches in the Saint Vincent Invitational Friday.
The Bison fell in a tightly-contested five-set match (25-23, 25-27,16-25, 25-23, 15-17) to the Rochester Institute of Technology, and then rebounded with a resounding straight-set win (25-23, 25-18, 25-15) over Pitt.-Greensburg.
MATCH 1: RIT 3, BETHANY 2
In four of the five sets, the Bison typically would have scored the required amount of points - however, two of their set losses came in extended scoring.
Bethany overcame a slow start in the opening set as RIT scored seven of the first nine points, and led by as much as 17-9, before the Bison stormed back in the opening set. The second set was nip and tuck until the Tigers built a 20-15 lead. Bethany took the 23-21 lead, but RIT tallied six of the final eight points.
A third set aberration in which RIT won, 25-16, before Bethany responded with a narrow win in the fourth set and a narrow lost in the fifth
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Adriana Gilliam and Averie Braymer combined for 25 of the team's 38 kills. Gilliam completed the double-double with 18 digs.
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Five different players - Anna Taylor (21), Gilliam (18), Avery Askew (16), Andie Clark (13), and Talia Gallagher (11) - all record double-digit digs.
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Gallagher and Taylor each had five service aces as the team finished with 13 aces.
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Gallagher led the team with 22 assists.
MATCH 2: Bethany 3, Pitt.-Greensburg 0
Bethany notched its first win of the season, beating Pitt-Greensburg in straight-sets.
The first set was closely contested, before Bethany took control in the second and third sets. The Bison briefly trailed by a single point in the sets, but was never really challenged.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Gallagher recorded her second double-double with 12 kills and 15 digs.
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JaSona Belyeu added 14 digs and Clark recorded 11 digs.
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For the second straight match, Gallagher finished with at least 20 assists - dishing out 21 assists. She added five service aces.
Bethany (1-1) returns to action Saturday with a 10 a.m. match with Fransiscan followed by a 2 p.m. match with Hollins.
