TicketsCINCINNATI — The Bearcats held West Virginia to a .037 hitting percentage and swept the Mountaineers 25-13, 25-17, 25-22 on Sunday at Fifth Third Arena.
Cincinnati (11-9, 4-6 Big 12) outblocked West Virginia (11-10, 4-7 Big 12) 11.0 to 6.0 and hit .318 as a team. Sydney Nolan led the attack with 13 kills on .435 hitting and added a solo block.
Ligia Williams hit .455 with eight kills and four block assists. Freshman Nina Scrucca finished with seven kills (.417) and two block assists. Lilian Entenmann had four kills and five block assists, while junior Kate Lijic led the team with a career-best six block assists and directed the offense with 31 assists. Junior Andrea Simovski led the back row with six digs, and Ava Ledebuhr and Viktoria Ninova each had five. Ninova also served two of the Bearcats’ three aces.
Anna Barr and Nina Horning each had seven kills for West Virginia, and Barr added three block assists.
The Bearcats dominated the first set, holding West Virginia to a minus-.182 mark with 10 attack errors. Cincinnati led 11-5 and 21-8 before closing it out on a kill by Scrucca.
The second set was Cincinnati’s best offensive stretch. The Bearcats hit .483 with 16 kills and two errors on 29 attempts. Williams went 5-for-5 on swings, and Nolan added five kills. Cincinnati led 18-8 and held on for the 25-17 win.
West Virginia pushed back in the third. The Mountaineers opened with a 3-0 lead and led 16-15 and 22-21, and the set was tied seven times with five lead changes. Cincinnati closed on a 4-0 run, capped by a kill from Simovski and a West Virginia attack error on set point.
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Cincinnati travels to Kansas State on Friday, Nov. 6, for a 6 p.m. EST match at Morgan Family Arena in Manhattan, Kansas. The Bearcats then visit No. 15 Kansas on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. EST at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena in Lawrence, Kansas.
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