The volleyball team extended their non-conference season last weekend, with a second straight 1-3 tournament, this time at the Marcia French Memorial Tournament in Berea, Ohio.
Wooster, whose overall record rises to 2-6, has struggled with their early season opponents so far, despite strong performance in multiple games of each match.
Against both Baldwin-Wallace College and Alma College, Wooster showed its strength early, but couldn’t seem to pull out wins to close out each match. The team did come up victoriously against Trine University, which Wooster beat in three of four games, with scores of 25-21, 18-25, 25-22 and 25-17.
Wooster’s worst match was their final one, coming against Westminster College, who kept the Scots from even a single win in their three-game bout.
“The games were intense and I feel we had the potential to win all the games, but that tournament is behind us. It is a reminder that we can improve on things to become a phenomenal team,” said first-year Carmen Guess ’12.
Once again, a number of players on the team showed their strength on the court, with notable performances from KateLynn Riley ’10, Ali Drushal ’09, Megan Earle ’09 and first-year Lizzie Beal ’12.
Drushal and Earle, who are regular contributors to the Wooster stat sheets, once again had praiseworthy performances. Drushal added to her already existing College record of over 2,500 digs, while Earle knocked down 49 kills. Beal earned 151 assists and Riley had 67 kills, to complete Wooster’s top performances over the weekend.
Despite their frustrating tournaments so far this season, the team is optimistic about what’s to come. “These first matches have been a struggle, partially because we are a new team but also because it takes a few matches before everyone is playing on the same page. Once we get into the swing of things we will all be performing as a team and helping each other out between every play,” said Amanda Gottesman ’11.
So as the season heats up and Wooster prepares for its first home games this weekend, their attention turns to putting the pieces of their team together in just the right way, getting the cogs to mesh, and earning some more checks in the win column – hopefully starting this Friday with Wooster’s matches against Otterbein at 4 p.m. and Ursuline at 8 p.m.
This completes Wooster’s home opener. The team especially hopes that spectators will turn out to support them and witness them coming together.
“Our team will be better than last year. We have a lot of young players who are incredible. We’ll play better especially because we have a home court advantage. We have worked hard in pre-season and these few matches we have played in and it is only a matter of another match or two and we will be rocking the volleyball court,” said Gottesman.