KENOSHA, Wis. — The Carthage College women's volleyball team fell to Illinois Wesleyan 3-1 in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) action Wednesday night at Tarble Arena. 


 

• Final score: Illinois Wesleyan 3, Carthage 1
• Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin - Tarble Area
• Records: Illinois Wesleyan 8-2, 2-0 CCIW, Carthage 9-3, 1-1 CCIW

 
 

• During the first set, Carthage put together four unanswered points to take a 17-14 margin sparked by kills from Ella Pettinger and Liv Carel and an ace from Tatum Kebisek. 
• After the Titans got within two, four straight points for the Firebirds moved the score to 24-18. 
• Carthage won the first with a block from Katie Boston and Liv Carel. 
• After the score was locked at 14 off a Kaitie Rohe ace, the visitors went ahead by three at 19-16. 
• Though rallied with a kill from Boston and an ace from Madilyn Danielson, the Titans won the second 25-23. 
• The Firebirds went ahead 12-5 in the third, capped off by a block from Boston. 
• Molly Skoda added a kill which made it 14-10. 
• The visitors battled back, taking control of the set 20-14. 
• Carthage used a five-point swing to regain the lead off back-to-back kills from Rohe, but Illinois Wesleyan won the set 25-22. 
• In the fourth, the Titans held a 20-8 margin until Carthage went on a 13-3 run as an ace from Jenna Damon made it 23-21. 
• The Titans collected the closing two points to win the match 25-21. 

• Molly Skoda and Liv Carel each had 10 kills in the match while Carel had a season-high seven blocks and Skoda tallied 11 digs. 
• Tatum Kebisek had 23 assists marking the fourth time this season she has had 20 or more assists. 
• Devinn Bell chipped in with 11 assists recording double-digit assists for the fourth time this season. 
• Aubree Bucheger tallied 16 digs in the contest and now has 172 on the season. Skoda and Kaitie Rohe followed closely with 11 and 10 digs, respectively. 

 

"Tough CCIW match tonight!  We started out slow but made a nice comeback in set one to take the set. Started off strong in set two but got stuck in a rotation and let them go on a run. Same in three and four. We got behind and made a valiant comeback, only for it to fall short. We must regroup and prepare for a tough weekend tourney at Stevens Point!"


 

• Carthage hits the road playing in the Pointers Invitational Friday and Saturday. The Firebirds face St. Scholastica in the opening match starting at 3 p.m.