No. 24 Juniata Sweeps Final Day, Fuller And Kepler Named to All-Tournament Team

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – After battling through a tough match against host No. 1 Washington (Mo.) last night, No. 24 Juniata women's volleyball closed its final day at the Washington Halloween Invitational with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-12) win over Alverno and a 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 20-25, 29-27) win against St. Ambrose.  They finished the weekend 2-1.

Senior Kelsey Fuller (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion) and sophomore Amelia Kepler (Kane, Pa./Kane) were named to the all-tournament team.  Fuller recorded her second straight double-double, 12^th of the season in the win over St. Ambrose.  She finished with 14 kills and 21 digs in four sets of play.  Kepler tied for the match-high of 16 kills against St. Ambrose and finished the day with 18 kills and zero errors.

 "We did a good job," said Juniata Head Coach Heather Pavlik of the wins.  "It was a team effort.  [St. Ambrose is] physical. We had to grind through that one.  We had a great comeback in game four, showed a lot of grit, but we definitely grinded it out.

Junior Rachelle Wiegand (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) earned her third double-double of the season against Alverno.  She finished with 10 digs and a match-high 12 kills.  Consistent over the weekend was junior setter Sarah McCarthy (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook).  She totaled 96 assists in three matches with 22 digs.

The Eagles are now 24-11 on the season heading into Landmark Conference Championships.  Juniata is the No. 1 seed and will host this year's tournament.  They are 6-0 against conference opponents this season and have won five straight Landmark titles.

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