CHESTER, Pa. – Celebrations in the Schwartz Center begun as Widener Women's Volleyball celebrated three seniors and Megan Barthol hits career milestone
 
Following the 3-0 win, the Pride advance to 14-8 and remain 2-3 in MAC Commonwealth play.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Shannon Toomey led the Pride with nine kills for a .615 hitting percentage.
• Setter Megan Barthol added 29 assists with only one error.
• On defense, Liz Barnes led the team with 10 digs while Martucci and Rachel DiCarlo followed with eight.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first set opened with kills from both sides, but the Pride offense took advantage of a service error from the Griffins to send them on a 13-2 run. Toomey would earn the final kill of the set from a Barthol assist to end set 1 25-15.
• Early in set 1, Barthol would earn her 2000^th career assist to set senior teammate Martucci for the second kill of the game for the Pride. Barthol will move into 5^th in the All-Time Widener History book with 2027 assists.
• Set two opened with another Pride run early as another Griffin's service errors gave the Pride a 7-2 run. Points flipped sides a couple times but was quickly countered by another Pride run, this time a 12-4 run. The Pride would see the final points from a Toomey-Alex Verchio block and a service ace from Martucci.
• A MaeAlice White sub in the middle of the set helped advance the Pride to a 9-3 run which pushed the score to 22-8. During that time first year Kayla Sicher and Marissa Miller made appearances. A Mira Canali sub would close out the game with a Martucci kill to end set 3 25-11.

UP NEXT
Widener returns to the court on Saturday, Oct. 21 in their final tri-match of the season. The Pride will face Marywood at 1 p.m. and end the day with a match against Arcadia at 3 p.m.