Women's Volleyball defeats Pomeroys for bounce back victory

MIDWAY, Ky. -- Following a tough loss to IU Kokomo (Ind.) the night before, the Midway women's volleyball returned to Marshall Gymnasium on Saturday (Sept. 24) when they got an impressive bounce back victory over St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.).

The Eagles won the opening two sets handily, but the Pomeroys responded and won the third to force a fourth set. Midway, however, answered in the fourth and won convincingly to clinch the 3-1 victory (25-9, 25-17, 23-25, 25-14).

With the win, Jonea Rima's club improves to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in River States Conference play, while the Pomeroys suffer their first loss of the season and fall to 14-1 overall and 0-1 in league play.

Midway recorded a .500 hitting clip in the opening stanza and followed that up with a .423 attacking percentage in second to cruise to a commanding 2-0 lead in the match.

The Eagles sprinted to an 11-2 lead in the first and cruised to the 25-9 win before using a quick 5-0 run in the second to break an 11-11 tie in the second. Kills from Aubry Koester (Apple Valley, Calif.) and Brooke Trompler (Campton, Ky.) clinched the 25-17 win in the second set.

The home squad trailed by as many as eight in the third frame but tied the set at 23 before ultimately coming up short as St. Mary-of-the-Woods forced a fourth set.

Midway trailed 6-5 in the fourth, but three consecutive kills by Anju Sugiya (Tokyo, Japan) sparked an 8-0 run that gave the home team a 13-6 edge. They never trailed again as they ran away with a 25-14 win in the fourth to clinch the 3-1 victory.

Aubry Koester led the offensive attack with 25 kills and a .333 hitting clip, while Brooke Trompler added 12 kills and 16 digs in the win. Anju Sugiya had an impressive outing with 11 kills in 27 swings to go with her 10 digs. Tori Richman (Fort Wayne, Ind.), meanwhile, added seven kills and finished with a .357 hitting percentage.

Pilar Daugherty (Las Cruces, N.M.) posted one of her best outings of the season with 31 assists and 10 digs, while Valerie Ramos (San Juan, Puerto Rico) chipped in 16 assists and five digs. Mariana Rodriguez (Houston, Texas) carded 13 digs in a winning effort.

The Eagles will now have the next week off before hitting the road with trips to Rio Grande (Ohio) on Sept. 30 and West Virginia Tech on Oct. 1.

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