WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-Campbell rounded out play in the Wake Forest
Black & Gold Invitational with 3-0 losses to the Demon Deacons
(25-22, 25-16, 25-16) and West Virginia (25-22, 26-24, 25-13) on
Saturday inside Reynolds Gym.
Campbell drops to 2-9 on the season while WFU moves to 5-3 and WVU
improves to 7-3. Tournament play will conclude tonight with Wake
Forest and East Carolina at 7 p.m.
WFU hit .337 as a unit and combined for eight blocks and five aces
to defeat the Camels in CU's first match of the day.
Sophomore Andrea Beck and junior Kadija Formah led the Deacons wit
a combined 21 kills and 11 blocks. Senior Lauren McIntyre added
eight and junior Carlin Salmon recorded five scores in the win.
Megan Thornberry collected 17 digs and Kelsey Jones tallied 36
assists.
Senior outside hitter Emily
Werner paced Campbell with 10 kills in day's first contest. The
Sarasota, Fla. native added five digs and two blocks in the loss.
Jordan
Reaves followed with six kills, while Allyson
Goldbach and Caitlin
Bendy posted five each. Heather
Wilson tacked on a season-high 28 assists and Kelsey
Campbell gathered 14 digs.
Werner added another 12 kills, a team high, against West Virginia
in the Camels' Black & Gold Invitational finale. The senior
outside hitter added 11 digs for her second double-double of the
season. Goldbach and Wilson collected another seven kills each for
Campbell with Goldbach adding 16 digs. Wilson, a freshman setter,
eclipsed her previous season-high, set earlier today, with 30
assists. Kelsey
Campbell also notched 14 digs, while Annie
Kobeski chipped in five kills and four blocks.
For the Mountaineers, the trio of Lauren Evans, Michelle Kopecky
and Serinna Russo collected 13, 12 and 11 kills, respectively, with
Russo adding a team-best 19 digs. Kari Post dished out 43 assists
on the night with 11 digs and seven kills. Abby Norman also added
eight kills and Bonnie West posted 10 digs.
The Camels will be back in action on Tuesday at High Point. Match
time is set for 7 p.m. inside the Millis Center.
Final Tournament
Standings
Wake Forest 3-0
West Virginia 2-1
Campbell 1-2
East Carolina 0-3
All Tournament
Team
Kelsey Jones - Sr. - S - Wake Forest - MVP
Megan Thornberry - Sr. - Libero - Wake Forest
Serinna Russo - Jr. - OH - West Virginia
Lauren Evans - Sr. - MB - West Virginia
Allyson
Goldbach - Sr. - OH - Campbell
Nicole Jones - Jr. - DS - East Carolina