William Penn Falls in Three Sets to Pirates

Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s volleyball team closed a tough week with a 3-0 loss to Park in Heart of America Athletic Conference play Saturday.

WPU (11-12, 2-7 Heart) fell by scores of 17-25, 17-25, 23-25. The home squad was outhit .277-.040.

The navy and gold overcame a 4-0 deficit in the opening set, pulling to within one at 10-9. Unfortunately, the Pirates (15-6, 6-3 Heart) regrouped and cruised to a 1-0 edge.

William Penn went on top 2-1 in the second set, only to permit a 7-1 run by PU. The Statesmen could not recover from that juncture, falling behind 2-0 in the contest.

Despite never leading in the third set, the hosts refused to give up, eventually trimming the margin to a single point at 24-23 before the Pirates finished the afternoon with a kill.

Maju Vieira (Sr., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Business Management) provided most of her crew’s offense, recording 15 kills on a .290 hitting clip. Unfortunately, no other Statesmen had over four winners.

The senior tied Emilie Bojorquez-McFadden (Sr., Surprise, Ariz., Biology) with 11 digs, while Leah Meyer (Fr., Houston, Texas, Business Management) managed 12 assists and seven digs.

Emma Skoglund (Fr., Branson, Mo.) topped the defensive net presence with two block assists.

Both sides notched two aces, while WPU was outblocked 9-2 on Saturday.

Next Up: William Penn travels to Baldwin City, Kan. next Friday to face Baker in Heart play at 7 p.m.