Photo Courtesy of Wilmington College Senior Director of Public Relations Randy Sarvis
(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College women's volleyball team finished their season Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 loss to the Heidelberg University Student Princes on Senior Day. They finish the season 9-15 overall and 1-8 in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Seniors Joy Bebe, Emma Schroer, Sofia Thomas, and Victoria Long were all honored before the match.
Set one found the Quakers down 12-9. A 5-0 Quaker run ensued, being led by two Josie Crabtree and one Sarah Brown kill to give them a 14-12 set lead. The two teams kept trading points, with the score eventually locked at 23-23. A Brown kill was followed by a kill from Bebe to win the set 25-23 and go up 1-0 in the match.
The second set was all knotted up at 17-17. However, a 6-1 Student Princes run gave them the momentum and a 23-18 set lead. The Quakers used a 2-0 flurry to cut it to three, which included an Andie Dolven ace, but it wasn't enough in the 25-20 loss to tie the match at 1-1.
Heidelberg took the third set 25-12, but the fourth set was a competitive one. The Quakers had an early 11-8 lead, as Bebe had two kills to this point in the set. A 13-5 Heidelberg run gave them a big 21-16 lead. Wilmington didn't go down easily though, using a 4-0 run to cut it to 21-20. Crabtree had a kill during the rally. They would ultimately drop the set 25-22 and the match 3-1.
Notables
- Sarah Brown had 12 kills, finishing the season with eight matches where she recorded double-digit kills. She also had two block solos and one block assist in the match.
- Andie Dolven had 18 assists and Kyra Frazier had 16. Dolven finishes the year with 17 matches of 15 assists or more. Frazier finishes the year with nine matches where she had double-digit assists.
- Emma Schroer had 14 digs and Logan McQuillin recorded 10. Schroer finished with double-digit digs in all but two matches this season, while McQuillin had double-digit digs in seven matches.
What's Up Next
This concludes the Quakers 2023 season, as they will return to the court in the fall of 2024.
