Greenville, PA– Geneva started its two day road trip at Thiel College and left for Kentucky with another mark in the win column; defeating Thiel 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-20). The win raises its overall record to 22-8, now 15-2 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tying Bethany College as the top conference contender.
Instead of returning home from Thiel, Geneva heads south to Thomas More for its last regular season game at 6 p.m. against the Saints tomorrow Friday October 31.
Tonight’s victory was led by Golden Tornadoes Erica Hughes (North Jackson, OH/Jackson Milton) with ten kills, Olivia Test (Negley, OH/Heartland Christian) and Marissa Naples (Cortland, OH/Lakeview) with seven kills each. Rachel Netherland (Aliquippa, PA/Central Valley) finished the three sets with 29 assists.
“Our block came alive in the third game,” said co-head coach Curt Conser.
Test earned six blocks supported by Erin Smith (Sewickley, PA/Ambridge) with four.
“All credit goes to Thiel tonight under the direction of their new head coach. They did not give up on a ball. Thiel played very hard and made great digs to keep the ball alive.”
“Alexis Ritson (Irwin, PA/Hempfield) served two aces in the third set at a good time to pull away.”
Defensively, Abby Wenger (Lititz, PA/Warwick) dug 14 digs. Gabrielle Dickson (Brookfield, OH/Kennedy Catholic) contributed 11 digs.
“Now we are going to try to have a fun trip down to Kentucky. We have some team bonding events place and then we are going to try to carry it over on the court.”
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