ASHLAND, Va. - Continuing Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play with a trip to Ashland, Va., the Washington and Lee University women's volleyball team fell in straight sets to Randolph-Macon College on Wednesday night.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set One | 25-18 RMC
- The Generals found themselves with a 3-1 lead after Alyssah McGuire, Grace Mitchener, and Emery Goerig each recorded kills.
- Randolph-Macon went on a 7-1 run to take a 13-7 lead after Ashlyn Knott, Lola Nolasco and Grace Parker each recorded kills.
- W&L used a 6-1 run to cut the Yellow Jackets lead to 17-15 as Avery Myers accounted for four of the six points to bring the Generals within two.
- Megan Bost of RMC recorded the final four kills of the set as the Yellow Jackets took the opening frame 25-18.
- Grace Parker, Megan Bost and Ashlyn Knott of Randolph-Macon and Myers of W&L led the set with five kills each. Knott led the set with a .556 hitting percentage while Bost finished with a .444 percentage.
- Allie Buchholz dished out a set-high 11 assists on 28 attempts for a .393 percentage. Milly Mach of RMC had a .474 setting percentage as she dished out nine assists on 19 attempts.
- Michener led all players with eight digs while Maddy DeCandido of RMC dug out five attacks.
Set Two | 25-20 RMC
- After falling behind 3-1, Buchholz found Goerig and Myers for two kills to help the Generals take a 4-3 lead early in the set.
- Grace Parker finished off a Kaitlyn Kaplan set to knot the set at 12 before Myers kicked off a four point swing for the Generals to give the Blue and White a 16-12 lead.
- That lead quickly faded away as back-to-back kills from Parker and a Megan Bost kill evened the scoring.
- Three-straight kills from Bost boosted the Yellow Jackets to an 8-2 run which gave them a 25-20 win in the second frame.
- Parker and Bost of RMC and Myers of W&L led the set with five kills each once again. Bost boasted a .625 hitting percentage during her second set of action while Parker posted a .273 hitting percentage.
- Milly Mach of Randolph-Macon dished out a set-high nine assists on 18 attempts for a .500 setting percentage. Buchholz dished out six assists on 23 attempts for a .261 percentage.
- Parker dug out a set-high six attacks while DeCandido of RMC and Mitchener and Myers of W&L dug out four attacks each.
Set Three | 25-11 RMC
- The Yellow Jackets used four attack errors and kills from Grace Parker and Megan Bost to take an early 7-2 lead.
- After the Generals cut the lead to 10-7, RMC went on the offensive as five different Yellow Jackets recorded kills to take a 16-7 lead.
- Goerig finished off a Buchholz assist to bring the score to 16-8 in favor of RMC but the Yellow Jackets took a comfortable 21-8 lead as Mia Zazzero, Boat and Parker each recorded kills.
- After two attack errors from Grace Parker, Lexie Stone finished off a Turi Trainor assist to cut the RMC lead to ten.
- Bost finished off a Milly Mach assist to take the third set 25-11 while handing the Generals their second-straight loss.
- Parker and Ashlyn Knott led all players with four kills while Megan Bost recorded three kills on seven attempts for a .429 hitting percentage. Riley Debiec led the Generals with two kills on three attempts for a .667 percentage.
- Milly Mach led all players with eight assists on 20 attempts for a .400 setting percentage while Kaitlyn Kaplan dished out six assists. Buchholz dished out three assists on 17 attempts for a .176 setting percentage.
- Maddy DeCandido of RMC led all players with nine digs while Buchholz and Penelope Quiles led the Generals with four digs each.
W&L GAME NOTES
- W&L falls to 12-4 on the season and 4-2 in ODAC play. The Generals have not lost back-to-back conference games since 2019.
- The Blue and White recorded 29 kills on 107 attempts for a season-low .112 hitting percentage.
RANDOLPH-MACON GAME NOTES
- Randolph-Macon improves to 12-4 on the season while winning their fourth straight conference game to move to 7-1 in ODAC play.
- RMC recorded 51 kills on 118 attempts for a season-high .347 hitting percentage. The Yellow Jackets had a set-high .400 hitting percentage in the third set.
- The Yellow Jackets led all team categories including kills (51), assists (50) and digs (52). RMC also recorded the only four service aces of the match.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Grace Parker of RMC led all players with 14 kills on 39 attempts for a .231 hitting percentage while Megan Bost recorded 13 kills and Ashlyn Knott had 12.
- Myers led the Generals with ten kills on 37 attempts for a .108 hitting percentage. Goerig recorded six kills during her three sets of action.
- Milly Mach led all players with 26 assists on 57 attempts for a .456 setting percentage while Kaitlyn Kaplan also dished out 19 assists for the Yellow Jackets. Buchholz led the Generals with 20 assists on 68 attempts for a .294 setting percentage.
- Maddy DeCandido led the match with 18 digs while Mitchener dug out a team-high 13 attacks for the Generals.
Mia Zazzero recorded a match-high three blocks while Goerig led the Generals with two blocks.
UP NEXT
- The Generals head to Virginia Beach on Saturday for a tri-match at Virginia Wesleyan University. W&L takes on the Marlins at 11 a.m. before battling with Sea Gulls of Salisbury University at 1:30 p.m.
Nestled in the mountains of Virginia, Washington and Lee University is a proud member of NCAA Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Founded in 1749, W&L is the ninth-oldest college in the United States and a top-ranked liberal arts university. With over 500 student-athletes in 24 varsity sports, the Generals have celebrated over 265 conference championships. Learn more about the Blue and White by visiting www.generalssports.com or on social media at @WLUGenerals.