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OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE GLENVILLE STATE PIONEERS
Recap VB Vs WVWC Home
Hannah Cunningham
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West Va. Wesleyan WVW 5-11,1-2 MEC
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Winner Glenville St. Glen 12-6,1-1 MEC
West Va. Wesleyan WVW
5-11,1-2 MEC
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Final
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Glenville St. Glen
12-6,1-1 MEC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
West Va. Wesleyan WVW 25 17 25 17 8 (2)
Glenville St. Glen 22 25 23 25 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Lex Shaffer

The Lady Pioneers Win MEC Home Opener 3-2 over West Virginia Wesleyan

Glenville, W.Va - Glenville State's Women's Volleyball team defeated the West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats 3-2 in dramatic fashion. The Lady Pioneers' record improves to (12-7) overall and (1-2) in the MEC.

In the first set, Glenville jumped to an early 6-2 lead taking advantage of errors committed by the Bobcats. West Virginia Wesleyan would respond to the early run by the Lady Pioneers. The Bobcats produced a dominant stretch taking 11 out of the next 12 points to lead the frame 14-7. Katarzyna Niderla's kill halfway through the set sparked the Pioneers to claw into West Virginia Wesleyan's lead. Glenville brought the match back to within two points twice and once tying the match at 19-19. However, the bobcats would prevail taking the set 25-22. 

Glenville responded in the second set taking the frame 25-17 to tie the match. The Lady Pioneers would start out firing on all cylinders taking the first six points. Consecutive attack errors by West Virginia Wesleyan extended the Pioneer's lead to 13-6. Kills by Lauryn O'Lenic, Nalaina Funk, and Helín Halden extended Glenville's lead to nine later in the frame. Funk would close out the set for the Pioneers.

Both teams started out the third set trading blows tying the frame at 4-4. The Pioneers would create early separation taking five out of the next six points. Halfway through the stanza, West Virginia Wesleyan tied the set 14-14. Both squads continued to battle tying the frame four more times. The Bobcats pulled away late after tying the set 21-21. Kills by Hope Arce-Reed provided enough separation for West Virginia Wesleyan to take the frame 25-23 and lead the match 2-1.

The Lady Pioneers dominated the fourth set after battling with the Bobcats early. After taking a 9-6 lead Glenville would extend their lead to 22-13. Taylin Johnson sparked the first stretch of five back-to-back points followed by Nalaina Funk and Sarah Grainger. The Pioneers late nine-point lead proved to be too much for the Bobcats. A kill by Grainger would force a fifth set to decide the match.

Once again both Glenville and West Virginia Wesleyan tested each other in the beginning. After the Bobcats tied the set 6-6, the Lady Pioneers exploded. Glenville would end the fifth set and match on a 9-2 run started by Katarzyna Niderla. During the impressive run, Taylin Johnson and Lindsay Winkler provided key moments for the Pioneers to take the set 15-8.

Katarzyna Niderla lead the Pioneers in kills with 13 followed by Nalaina Funk with nine. Helín Halden produced a total of 8 service aces for Glenville along with 12 digs. Junior Setter Sarah Grainger would have a team-high and lead the match in assists with 36. Defensively Zoe Schmidt produced 11 digs followed by Lindsay Winkler with ten.
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