PITTSBURGH –The No. 8 University of Pittsburgh volleyball team (9-2, 0-0 ACC) took care of business Wednesday night against UMBC (6-5, 0-0 America East), 3-0. The team hit .487, and eight Panthers recorded a kill.
The Panthers and Retrievers began set one trading off points, as both teams were tied 4-4 early, but momentum quickly shifted the Panthers way. Freshman Torrey Stafford was deadly behind the service line once again, going on a 5-0 run behind a service ace to extend the lead to 10-4. Freshman setter Haiti Tautua’a continued the service pressure, forcing two attack errors and assisting Valeria Vazquez Gomez and Stafford on a pair of kills. After the run the Panthers were up 17-7 and never looked back, winning set one, 25-11. Pitt hit .684, and Babcock led the way with four kills on four swings.
UMBC stuck around in the beginning of the second set, as the score was 8-5 Panthers early. A Stafford service run that included three combined kills from Vazquez Gomez and Bayless pushed the score to 15-6. Logan Mosley in her first start in the libero jersey, was efficient across the board, as she caused the Retrievers to be out of system and allowed the Panthers a 20-8 lead. A kill a piece from Stafford, Babcock and Bayless secured the set two win, 25-12.
The Panthers had a slow start to set three as UMBC got out to a 10-7 lead early behind a much improved Retriever offense. Pitt was unable to tie things up until 15-15. Junior libero Emmy Klika came off the bench and made an immediate impact,…
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