COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Capital University volleyball team rode from the driver's seat all night long as they pounded their way to a 3-1 victory over the 10-win College of Wooster Fighting Scots. 

Playing their first match in 10 days, Capital (2-5) soundly knocked off the Scots (10-4) in four sets, via scores of 25-22, 25-21, 21-25, 25-22. The win was Capital's first on their home floor since the 2019 season when they defeated Wilmington College.

The Purple and White collected an impressive 44 kills in the four sets, led by a career-high 13 from Sydney LaPointe. The ever-reliable Delanie Nahikian added another double-digit kill effort of 10 as well. Alissa Holler (8), Caleigh Hamby (4), Lindsay Rich (4), Michaela Recker (2), Jordyn Hoffman (2), and Miranda Jordan (1) all accounted for the remaining kills. 

Hamby's four kills came on just 10 swings, and the middle hitter failed to commit an error, accounting for a solid .400 hitting percentage. LaPointe's 13 kills came on a respectable .258 hitting effort. 
Driving the offense yet again was the 1-2 punch of setters Jenay Kocsis and Jordyn Hoffman. Kocsis dished out 17 assists, while Hoffman set up 19 assists. 

Defensively, Hamby was in on six blocks, while Nahikian (5), LaPointe (3) and Holler (2) also sent back blocks for the Capital front line. In the back row, Erin O'Connell was once again the leader in digs with 21. Nahikian had 13 digs as she played all-around again. Recker and Kocsis each added seven digs as well to help matters defensively. 

Capital also found success in the match from the service line. The team combined for nine service aces, including three each from Nahikian and Miranda Jordan. Despite the success, Capital did also commit nine errors on serves. 

Throughout the match, Capital used long runs to their advantage, including a 10-point lead in set two, to hold off the usually tough Wooster team. So far this season, Cap has been in close scoring sets, but has come out on the wrong end, and tonight, playing from in front, and with consistent runs of scoring for most of the match enabled them to close those sets out for the 3-1 victory. 

Wooster was led by an 18-kill efforts from Hayley Nash. Syd Case controlled the offense with 41 assists, while Sydney Fitzcharles led the defensive effort with 18 digs. 

Capital returns to the court on Saturday for a tri-match at OAC foe Ohio Northern. First, at 11 a.m. Capital will square off with the No. 12 ranked Polar Bears in their first conference match of the season. Next, Capital will take on Bluffton University in a non-conference match at 1 p.m.