WHEATON, Ill. - The Elmhurst University women's volleyball team dropped their final CCIW contest of the season, 3-0, on the road at Wheaton College Saturday afternoon.

Elmhurst drops to 12-11 overall, and 2-6 in the CCIW, while Wheaton improves to 12-12 and 2-5 in conference.

Despite a competitive first set, Elmhurst was unable to hold on to a large lead in the second set, which the Thunder rode into the third set to command the third and take the match in a sweep.

No Bluejay players hit double-digit kills, with Jada Wiley tallying nine , while Kali Phillips and Blair Johnson had five each. Phillips also tallied five total blocks on the afternoon, while Gianna Ptaszek had a team-high seven digs. 

Wheaton took a 13-7 advantage halfway into set one, but an 8-1 run from the Jays  knotted the set at 15-each. Needing one point to set up set point, Wheaton rallied three-straight to set up their own set-point, but a service error tied it at 24 setting up extra points. A serve error and a Johnson kill brought up set point for Elmhurst, but three-straight closing points for the Thunder allowed the hosts to take set one, 29-27.

With set two tied at 15, a 9-4 Bluejay run set up a 24-20 set point as Elmhurst looked to tie the match at one set each. However, five-straight points would put the Thunder ahead, and despite a Bryanna Stanford kill to tie it at 25, Wheaton would grab the final two points for a 27-25 set two win. In the final set, the Thunder would take 11 of the first 12 points, and ended the set with an 8-1 run to take set three, 25-10, and the match, 3-0.

UP NEXT

Elmhurst will be back in action next Saturday, November 2, at the IIT Triangular. Elmhurst faces Marian University at 2:30 pm, and the host IIT at 5:00 pm, with both matches taking place in Chicago, Ill.

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