LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Rose-Hulman volleyball team traveled this weekend for a doubleheader against Transylvania and Covenant on Saturday. The team dropped both matches, falling to Transylvania 3-0 and losing to Covenant 3-1. This drops the team to 5-14 overall this season and 1-2 in the HCAC.
In the team's first match against Transylvania, Rose fell to the Pioneers with set scores of 17-25, 19-25, 20-25.
Greta Carlson was the standout with 13 kills in the match.
Keira Ohse,
Hannah Bergfeld, and
Heidi Fay all followed her with five kills each.
Julia Irmen successfully set up her teammates with a team-high 23 assists in the contest.
Emma Blanton led the defense with 13 digs.
In the second match of the day against Covenant, the Fightin' Engineers fell to the Scots with set scores of 26-24, 19-25, 21-25, 21-25.
Carlson led the team once again with 21 kills in the match. Blanton made an impact with a double-double, recording 13 kills and a team-high 17 digs.
Emma Schnackenberg was the top setter with 21 assists. She was followed by Irmen with 19 assists.
Kennedy Otwell also made an impact defensively with 17 digs.
The Fightin' Engineers pulled off a close win in the first set. After being tied 23-23, Covenant took the advantage with a kill to make the score 24-23. Rose strung together three straight points to win the set, which included a service ace by Otwell and a kill by Carlson to take the early lead, 1-0 in the match. Rose fell short in three close sets to suffer the loss to the Scots.
The Rose-Hulman women's volleyball team will return to action on the road against Anderson on Wednesday, October 21, at 7 PM.
