COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University volleyball finally made their trip home to the Capital Center on Wednesday, playing host to Oberlin College in their first non-tournament home match of the season. The Comets were off to a hot start roaring out to an early lead in the first set and continuing on the second to take a firm hold of the match, 2-0. Cap brought a swift end to things in the third, winning the set, and the match, 3-0.
The Purple and White inch ever closer to .500 now with a 6-8 record on the season. Oberlin drops to 7-4 with the loss.
Through the entire match, Capital trailed for just two points in the first set at 2-1 and again at 22-21, but for the most part dominated the match by playing in front the whole time.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Capital started off hot in the first set, streaking out to an early lead. Things calmed down shortly thereafter following a timeout by Oberlin as the Yeowomen slowly worked it back to a tie game. They teams traded points from then on out until the Comets finally struck an advantage to end it, taking the first set, 25-23.
The second set was a little bit tighter. Whenever one team would streak out to a lead, the other would put together a streak in response to pull back even. About mid-set is when Capital started to turn it on breaking out to a huge lead that would not be squandered, and winning the set 25-16.
In the third, the Purple and White poured it on early, scoring seven straight points to start off the set. However, the Yeowomen bounced back strong and brought the set within two points, but the Comets answered stronger and shut OC down to finish it off, 25-20, and take the match 3-0.
THE NUMBERS
Capital dominated the serving game with 12 total aces as compared to Oberlin's five.
Reagan Willoughby ended the match with four aces, while
Lindsay Rich was close behind with three.
As a team, Capital attacked at a very successful clip, connecting on a .230 hitting percentage. THis category was led by
Lindsay Rich who connected on 13 kills, for a team-high .360 attack rate.
Alissa Holler was not far back with 10 kills on a .286 percentage.
Caleigh Hamby dropped just four kills, but clipped at a .333 rate.
Ryann Bunyak also landed just four kills, but like Hamby had a solid hitting percentage at .250.
Of Capital's three blocks,
Alissa Holler and
Caleigh Hamby connected on all three.
In the back row, Capital was not called on all that much as they had just 43 digs as a team, but the duo of
Abby Brunner and
Lindsay Rich led the way with nine digs each.
Reagan Willoughby had seven scoops.
Guiding the offense was again the 1-2 punch of Willoughby and
Jordyn Hoffman. Willoughby led the way with 20 assists, while Hoffman set up 12.
Abby Brunner also played a huge role in this department, dishing out seven assists.
OPPOSITION LEADERS
Kills - Cami Sweet (9)
Aces - Jillian Jendsen (2)
Blocks - Cami Sweet (5)
Assists - Lucy Myers (24)
Digs - Jillian Jendsen (10)
UP NEXT
The Comets head off for another tournament road trip this weekend, competing in the Beaver Fall Classic hosted by Bluffton University on Saturday, September 24th. The Purple and White take on the hosting Beavers at 11:00 a.m. and are back in action at 1:30 p.m. for a matchup with Rochester. Note: the match with Rochester will not have live stats and a complete postgame box score may not be available until later in the evening due to short staffing.
