Juniata Defeats

Juniata Defeats Elizabethtown 3-0

HUNTINGDON, Pa. --- Nationally second-ranked Juniata College dispatched Elizabethtown in three games, 30-11, 30-18, 30-24, Tuesday night in a Commonwealth Conference match at Juniata. Etown dropped to 17-12 overall and 4-3 in the conference with the loss, while Juniata improved to 29-1 overall and 7-0 in the conference with the win.

Kelly Downs ( Airville , PA /Red Lion) led Etown in kills with nine and in blocks with two, while Ashley Whitmarsh ( New Castle , DE / Padua Academy ) had six kills and led the Blue Jays in service aces with three. Stacey Wasserman ( Upperco , MD /Owings Mills) led Etown in digs with nine and in assists with 17.

Eliabethtown will return to action at home Saturday, October 29 when it hosts both Gettysburg College and Shippensburg University beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Juniata College def. Elizabethtown Coll. 30-11,30-18,30-24

Elizabethtown Coll. (17-12, 4-3 CWealth) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Kelly Downs 9-2-2; Ashley Whitmarsh 6-3-0; Megan Monahan 3-0-0; Meghan Gowens 2-0-0; Jenna Schirmer 1-0-1; Stacey Wasserman 0-1-0; Totals 21-6-2.0. (Assists) - Stacey Wasserman 17. (Dig leaders) - Stacey Wasserman 9; Kayla Kassis 8

Juniata College (29-1, 7-0 CWealth) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Katie Laucks 15-3-1; Stephanie Kines 10-4-3; Amber Thomas 8-1-0; Rachael Schatz 7-0-0; Brittany Carr 4-0-1; Aly Pompeani 2-0-1; Beth Kozak 2-0-0; Erin Albert 2-0-0; Mariel Little 1-0-0; Kristi Fitzsimmons 0-4-0; Jess Ritchey 0-1-1; Abby Leonard 0-1-0; Tara McMinn 0-1-0; Totals 51-15-5.0. (Assists) - Jess Ritchey 28; Beth Kozak 13. (Dig leaders) - Tara McMinn 9; Kelly Popernik 7