MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University volleyball team (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) took down North Dakota State, 3-2 with a reverse sweep on Friday night in Fargo, North Dakota. The Mountaineers claimed the victory with score of 24-26, 11-25, 25-20, 25-23 and 15-9.
 
Junior outside hitter Quincey Coyle capped the match with her sixteenth kill of the night, marking a career high. Additionally, Coyle notched a second career high with 11 digs, collecting her first double-double of the season.
 
Sophomore middle blocker Maddy McGath also had a career outing against the Bisons, tallying fifteen kills on a .737 clip along with four total blocks.
 
Graduate student libero Sydney Reed collected 15 of WVU’s 56 digs, while redshirt junior outside hitter Cassidy Tanton added a career best with 12.
 
The Mountaineers held North Dakota State to just a .180 hitting percentage, while outscoring the Bison with 63 kills, 59 assists, 56 digs and nine blocks. Sophomore setter Alexis Finnvold accounted for 47 of West Virginia’s 59 assists.
 
North Dakota State started the match with an early 4-2 lead, followed by five unanswered points from West Virginia. As points were traded across both sides of the net, a 3-0 Bison run tied the set at 18. Graduate student setter Lauren DeLo gave West Virginia a spark with a pair of kills, as WVU led late, 24-23. North Dakota State closed out the first set with another 3-0 run, taking the 26-24 set one victory.
 
The Bisons took control of the second set, with a 10-3 lead. West Virginia only counted six kills during the set, as North Dakota State ran away with a 25-11 set victory.
 
West Virginia once again trailed early in set three, 5-3 before a 7-2 scoring run ignited the Mountaineer offense. An error from North Dakota State paired with a kill from junior middle blocker Laila Ibrahim gave WVU a comfortable 19-15 lead. Tanton slammed the door on set three with back-to-back kills, 25-20.
 
The Mountaineers wasted no time in the fourth set, taking a 10-6 advantage after a pair of Bison errors and kills from Coyle and Tanton. West Virginia held the lead throughout the rest of the set, as a 3-0 Mountaineer run made the score, 16-11. A late effort from North Dakota State didn’t slow WVU, as McGath closed out the fourth with a kill, 25-23.
 
A kill from Tanton kicked off the fifth and final set for West Virginia. The Mountaineers once again held the high ground throughout the set, as they led 8-6 at the halfway point. WVU went on to close out the match with a 7-3 run, taking the fifth set 15-9.
 
Next, the Mountaineers will face off against Northern Iowa on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, inside of the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, N.D.
 
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