Women's volleyball rolls to 3-0 win over Pitt-Greensburg

Yellow Jackets dominate Bobcats to open 2010 season

WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Sept. 1) – The Waynesburg University women’s volleyball team made an impressive debut into the 2010 season Wednesday night. The Yellow Jackets (1-0) easily handled visiting Pitt-Greensburg (0-1) 3-0 at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Waynesburg took command right from the beginning and never looked back, winning the match with set scores of 25-13, 25-14 and 25-11.

Freshman outside hitter Katelyn Blaich and junior middle hitter Lauren Wagner looked strong in their Yellow Jackets’ debut. Blaich enjoyed a strong all-around night with eight kills on a team-high 16 attacks, five digs, an ace and an assisted block. Wagner, a first-year transfer put down a team-high nine kills and three total blocks.

Many of the Yellow Jackets players got in on the scoring attack as six others recorded at least two kills.

Junior outside hitter Carly Schubert led the way in digs with 12, while sophomore setter Carly Smithyman paced the Jackets with 26 assists. Sophomore Presley Cupp chipped in 12 digs, while freshman Natalie Ranallo added 12 assists.

Waynesburg will look to continue their winning ways when they travel to Saint Vincent College this weekend to take part in the Saint Vincent Bearcat Challenge. The Yellow Jackets will play four matches total. Friday night they face Pitt-Greensburg in a rematch at 3 p.m. and move onto Ursuline later in the evening beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday morning the tournament picks up at 9 a.m. with a match against Carlow and finishes out with Houghton at 1 p.m.

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...

Don Herrman

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

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.

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.

Unbreakable record

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

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.

Going nowhere fast

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

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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