LEXINGTON, Va. — The Washington and Lee volleyball team recorded a .413 hitting percentage en route to a 3-0 victory over Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday at the Duchossois Tennis Center.

In the first set, the Generals (16-9, 10-1 ODAC) notched kills on 22 of their 25 points, while hitting .568 (22 kills and 1 error on 37 attempts). With the efficient hitting, W&L cruised in the opener, 25-16, over the Marlins (14-8, 9-3 ODAC).

The Blue and White led, 22-20, late in the second stanza, and following a kill by junior outside hitter Allison Webb (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake) and an attack error by VWU, W&L had an opportunity to serve for set point, 24-20. A kill by first-year outside hitter Adeline Howell trimmed the Generals' lead to 24-21, but senior outside hitter Meg Guignon (St. Louis, Mo./Visitation Academy) answered with a kill of her own to give W&L the set, 25-21.

The Generals put the match away in the first 13 points of the third set, taking a 11-2 advantage. During the spurt, junior outside hitter Ashleigh Meade (Bristow, Va./Patriot) and Webb each had three kills. The Marlins regrouped following a time out, but it was too little too late, as W&L held on for a 25-18 victory in the set.

Webb registered a match-high 14 kills on 28 attempts with three errors (.393 hitting percentage) and added five digs and three blocks. Guignon had a double-double with 10 kills and 14 digs. Senior outside hitter Elly Cosgrove (Wilmington, N.C./John T. Hoggard) had a match-high 17 digs to go with a match-high five aces.

The Blue and White finished the contest with 51 kills and six errors on 109 attempts for its .413 hitting percentage. Conversely, the Marlins had just 31 kills and 13 errors on 110 total swings (.164 hitting percentage).

Meade was one of four Generals to hit at least .400 on 10-or-more attempts. She totaled six kills on 10 attempts (.600 hitting percentage) to go with eight digs and two aces. First-year middle blocker Hannah O'Connor (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) also had six kills on 10 swings (.600 hitting percentage) with four blocks.

Sophomore outside hitter Brynne Gould (Boone, N.C./Watauga) totaled seven kills on 13 attempts with one error (.462 hitting percentage), and sophomore middle blocker Courtney Berry (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) hit .429 with seven kills on 14 swings with one error.

Junior opposite-side hitter Lauren Topper led VWU with eight kills, and junior libero Sarah Brush paced the back row with 13 digs.

The Generals next play at Randolph on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.

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