From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics
The Carnegie Mellon University women's volleyball team finished its home DoubleTree Invitational on Sunday, September 24 with two victories. The 17th-ranked Tartans topped University of Mount Union, 3-0, before defeating John Carroll University, 3-1, to move to 15-2 for the season.
In the 3-0 sweep of Mount Union, the Tartans accumulated their highest team hitting percentage for the season at .402. As a unit, they put down 45 kills with only six errors, winning the sets by scores of 25-19, 25-20, and 25-14.
Senior Jackie Gibbons (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) hit .812 against Mount Union with 13 kills and no errors. She also had four of the team's 14 block assists. Senior setter Emily Newton (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Chadwick School) had 39 assists and four block assists while junior Eliza Donohue (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) had three block solos and two block assists. Sophomore Sarah Jurgens (Eagan, Minn./Eagan) put down nine kills while classmate Lauren Mueller (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown STEM Academy) had seven kills. Senior Molly Higgins (Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach) led with 14 digs.
The Tartans won set one, 25-23, against the Blue Streaks before falling 28-26 in the second. The third and fourth sets belonged to the Tartans who won 25-16 and 25-18.
Newton tallied 50 assists with eight kills to lead the Tartans while Gibbons put down a career-high 19 kills while hitting .325 for the four sets. Mueller and junior Heather Holton (Haslett, Mich./Haslett) also reached double-digits in kills with 14 and 11, respectively.
Higgins collected 32 digs for the match while freshman Kayla Yew (San Francisco, Calif./Sacred Heart Cathedral) had a career-best 23 digs. At the net, Donohue had two block solos and three block assists, as Gibbons also had two block solos with two block assists.