Vasquez Resets ODAC Digs Record in Five Set Thriller Against No. 6 Berry

Wash. & Lee WLU 21-4,11-1 ODAC

Berry Berry 22-4,14-2 SAA

Wash. & Lee WLU

21-4,11-1 ODAC

Final

Nov. 06, 2026

Berry Berry

22-4,14-2 SAA

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Wash. & Lee WLU	15	25	25	19	12	(2)
Berry Berry	25	21	23	25	15	(3)

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Volleyball | 11/6/2026 9:40:00 PM

Vasquez Resets ODAC Digs Record in Five Set Thriller Against No. 6 Berry

ATLANTA, Ga. - Senior Vivi Vasquez of the Washington and Lee University women's volleyball team reset the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) career digs record on Friday evening in a five-set loss to No. 6 Berry College (Ga.) on the opening day of the Emory National Invitational.

HOW IT HAPPENED (BERRY, 3-2 | 15-25, 25-21, 25-23, 19-25, 12-15)

Berry (22-4) opened the first set with a 9-2 run before a service error and a kill from Grace Mitchener slowed the Vikings' momentum. However, Berry responded with a 6-2 run to take a 15-5 lead before another kill from Mitchener sparked a 4-2 scoring stretch for the Generals (21-4) to cut the deficit to eight. Emma Mulvaney, Claire Hargett and Ava Gaines each added a kill during the run. Another 4-1 run from Berry extended its lead to 11 before both teams traded points. Back-to-back attacking errors from the Vikings and a kill from Mulvaney fueled a 3-1 run for the Blue and White before a W&L attacking error secured a 25-15 opening-set victory for Berry.
The Generals found momentum in the second set, jumping out to an early 6-2 lead behind three kills from Mitchener and one from Gaines. The Vikings responded with eight unanswered points to take a 10-6 advantage before a 7-2 W&L run propelled the Blue and White back in front by one. Mitchener recorded a kill and service ace during the scoring stretch, while Stephanie Lynch and Cara Hamil each added a kill. Berry reclaimed a narrow lead with a 5-2 run of its own before a kill from Mulvaney sparked an 8-0 run for the Generals to give them a 23-17 advantage. The run also featured five kills from Mitchener and a block from Gaines and Hargett. Following a 4-1 run from Berry, Mitchener registered the final kill to secure a 25-21 second-set victory for W&L.
The Vikings opened the third set with an 8-3 scoring stretch before the Generals battled back with an 8-3 run of their own to tie the score at 11. W&L's run featured two kills apiece from Hargett and Mulvaney, while Mulvaney also added a service ace. Berry built a five-point advantage with a 7-2 run before two kills each from Lynch and Mulvaney fueled a 6-2 scoring stretch for the Blue and White to cut the deficit to one. Following a kill from Madie Whitehead, Emily Schellenberg registered a kill and Gaines recorded a solo block to tie the set at 21. The Generals then closed the frame on a 4-2 run to secure a 25-23 victory and take a 2-1 lead in the match. The final scoring stretch featured two kills from Gaines and one apiece from Mitchener and Hamil.
Berry jumped out to an early 9-3 lead in the fourth set before back-to-back kills from Mitchener and an error by the Vikings cut the deficit to three. Both teams traded points, with Berry maintaining a two-point advantage until the Vikings used a 4-1 run to extend their lead to 16-11. Three Berry errors and a kill from Mitchener cut into the deficit before three unanswered points from the Vikings pushed their lead back to five. The Blue and White battled back as Mulvaney recorded a solo block and Hamil added a kill to make it 22-19 in favor of Berry. However, the Vikings scored the final three points to secure a 25-19 fourth-set victory and force a decisive fifth frame.
In the fifth and final set, Berry recorded three consecutive kills before Ava Fugitt registered a kill and Schellenberg added a service ace to cut the deficit to one. An ensuing 4-1 run from the Vikings extended their lead to four before the Blue and White responded with a 4-2 scoring stretch to pull within two. Hamil and Mulvaney each recorded kills during the run. Berry moved within one point of securing the match following a 5-1 run, but the Generals rattled off four unanswered points to make it 14-12. The scoring stretch featured kills from Schellenberg and Mitchener, along with a block from Gaines and Mitchener. However, Keire Kruk sealed the five-set victory for Berry with a kill, giving the Vikings a 15-12 win in the final frame.

TOP PERFORMERS

Berry's Madie Whitehead led the match with 29 kills on 58 attempts and six errors for a .397 hitting percentage, while Keire Kruk (19), Shelby Harris (13) and Cali Armstead (11) all reached double figures. Grace Mitchener paced the Blue and White with 21 kills on 72 attempts and 10 errors for a .153 hitting percentage, while Emma Mulvaney added 12 kills with a .262 hitting percentage.
Andrea Hurt led the match with 33 digs, while Vivi Vasquez also surpassed the 30-dig mark. Mitchener (19) and Mulvaney (16) each reached double figures in digs to record double-doubles, while Sienna Nichoson added 17 digs and Addison Evans registered 10.
Ava Brovet dished out a match-high 71 assists in the win for Berry, the second-most in a five-set match in Division III this season. Nichoson led the Generals with 25 assists, while Evans added 18.
Mitchener, Mulvaney and Emily Schellenberg each recorded a service ace, while Ava Gaines led the Blue and White with three solo blocks and two block assists. Rosemary Boylston led the match with seven block assists while adding one solo block.

W&L GAME NOTES

The Generals fall to 21-4 on the season while dropping their third-straight match to Berry.
W&L registered 57 kills on 208 swings with 21 errors for a .173 hitting percentage, hitting over .200 in the third (.231) and fifth (.261) sets. They registered three service aces, six blocks, 53 assists and 100 digs this evening.

TOP TEN UPDATES

Vivi Vasquez became the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) all-time leader in career digs, surpassing former Randolph-Macon standout Samantha Sallade with 2,116 career digs. Vasquez became the first player in both program and conference history to eclipse 2,100 career digs. She now holds the W&L and ODAC records for both career and single-season digs.
Grace Mitchener moved past Meg Guignon '19 for second place in program history with 4,191 career attack attempts. She also climbed to sixth on the program's all-time digs leader board with 1,517, surpassing Katie Volk '17.

UP NEXT

The Generals are back in action for the final day of the Emory National Invitational tomorrow as they take on No. 1-ranked Centre College at 1 p.m. followed by No. 23 Emory University at 3 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on FloCollege.