ABILENE, Tx.- The Wolves head only 96 miles East for their next battle, to face Abilene Christian Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. West Georgia is recovering from a four-set loss at Tarleton State Thursday night that included a 58-point second set. Abilene is riding off a four-set win at North Alabama Thursday.
Thursday's match was highlighted by Brooke McCall recording 14 kills, now having 14+ kills in back-to-back matches. Defensively, Grace-Blythe Cornett and Maddy Kirmer teamed up for four blocks a piece, while Milena Cetkovic led the team, stuffing five herself.
For the Wildcats Thursday at UNA, Alyssa Todd led the team with 17 kills and hitting an impressive .448 for the match. Close behind her would be Aubrey Beaver with 11 and would hit .286 on the day.
Following last week's match, Libero Giorgia Mandotti entered the NCAA Top 50 having 4.39 digs-per-set that would rank her 45th after setting a career high in digs against UT-Arlington (Oct. 17), with an impressive 33. That is tied for the second most in a single match this season ranked among UAC players. Mandotti does not appear on the NCAA site rankings due to West Georgia still within the transition window to Division I.
Mandotti is two service aces away from entering the UWG record book, sitting at 34 service aces this season thus far. There is a three-way tie for ninth place ahead of her at 36 service aces sit former Wolves Audrey Hipple (2009), Andressa Martin (2012), and Victoria Schmer (2024).
UWG setter Desha Van Veldhuizen surpassed the 1000 career assist mark last week and set a new single game career high against UT-Arlington (Oct. 17) recording 51 assists. She sits at 1102 career assists, ranking her 12th all time in UWG history, all 1102 assists came from her four years at West Georgia. She also was tagged for four service aces against the Mavericks (Oct. 17) tying her previous career high.
The next UWG home match is Oct. 29th hosting Austin Peay at 6 p.m. Keep an eye out for more details for West Georgia Volleyball's Trick-or-Treat match Saturday October 31 at 1 p.m.!
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