From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The 21st-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's volleyball team traveled to Oberlin, Ohio, to face seventh-ranked Wittenberg University and Oberlin College on Saturday, October 29. In the battle of nationally ranked teams, the Tigers earned a five-set victory while the Tartans topped Oberlin, 3-0.

The Tartans, now 23-6 on the year, started the Wittenberg match with a 25-20 set-one win. The Tigers responded with wins of 25-16 and 25-18 before the Tartans forced the fifth set with a 25-19 win in set four. Wittenberg was able to regain composure and won the fifth set, 15-8, to avenage an earlier season loss to the Tartans.

Four players finished with double-digit kills for the Tartans with sophomore Sarah Jurgens (Eagan, Minn./Eagan) leading the way with 11. Junior Eliza Donohue (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield), senior Jackie Gibbons (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), and sophomore Lauren Mueller (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown STEM Academy) each tallied 10 kills. Senior Emily Newton (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Chadwick School) dished out 40 assists while senior Molly Higgins (Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach) led the defense with 25 digs. Donohue picked up three block assists at the net.

Against the host Yeowomen, the Tartans won, 25-20, 25-11, and 25-13. Gibbons led with 10 kills in two sets played. Newton collected 18 assists in two sets while sophomore Amanda Thiele (Lakeland, Fla./George Jenkins) played all three sets and tallied 16 assists and seven digs. Higgins again led the back line with 14 digs.