Women's vollyeball ends season on high note

Yellow Jacckets sweep Chatham 3-0

WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Oct. 31) – The Waynesburg University women’s volleyball team ended the season on a big high note this Saturday as they swept through a visiting Chatham team and took a 3-0 match on senior day.

The Jackets (6-20, 3-11) won the match by the set scores of 25-14, 25-20, 25-14. The loss ends Chatham’s season with a 1-25 overall mark and an 0-14 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) record.

The Yellow Jackets’ lone senior, Amber Wallack enjoyed a productive afternoon as she put down a personal-best eight kills on 15 total attempts for an impressive .467 attack percentage.

Several Jackets had impressive statistical performances against the Cougars. Sophomore outside hitter Jordan Barton recorded a double-double with a team highs in kills (14) and digs (22). Freshman setter Carly Smithyman also picked up a double-double with a team-best 30 assists and 12 digs.

Junior libero Rachell Storm tied for the team-high with 22 digs, while sophomore Carly Schubert chipped in nine kills on the day.

The Waynesburg attack enjoyed good team success as they boasted attack percentages of .361 and .349 during the first and third sets, respectively.

Sport:

Athletes of the Week

Dan Bruni

Wrestling

Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.

Jessi Drayer

Women's Basketball

Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.

What are you most looking forward to in 2012 when it comes to Waynesburg sports?

Seeing how far the women's basketball team can go in the PAC tournament and beyond.
The wrestling team going for a third-straight PAC team title.
The Jacket softball team playing to get back into the PAC playoffs.
Waynesburg track taking another shot at an elusive PAC team title.
Just being outside when the weather turns warm.

Did You Know...

Champions in the classroom

During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.

Don Herrman

Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.

Unbreakable record

In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.

Headlee's All-American resume

Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.

Going nowhere fast

Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.

The Three Musketeers

Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.

Jackets own Nittany Lions

The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.

TV Football

Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.

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