BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team defeated West Virginia Wesleyan in straight sets Tuesday night in a Mountain East Conference matchup inside the Rockefeller Center.

Concord (11-7, 3-1 MEC) rolled up a season-best 15 blocks and held WVWC (6-11, 2-2 MEC) to an .049 hitting percentage. Offensively, CU hit .208 in the match as it finished with 34 kills, one less than Wesleyan, but only committed 13 errors compared to 29 errors for the Bobcats.

The Mountain Lions never trailed in the first and third sets, and wasn't threatened in the middle game.

CU scored eight of the first ten points of the match as junior right side Maddie Stull contributed an assisted block and a kill in the early success. Senior outside hitter Meg Williams tossed in a service ace and a kill. The Mountain Lions put Wesleyan away in the middle part of the opening set as they cracked off a 6-1 run to go up 19-9.

In the closing set, the Maroon and Gray blitzed out to a 7-1 edge behind kills from Stull, senior middle hitter Jasmine Anderson and senior outside hitter Chloe Thompson as well as a service ace from senior libero Allie Davis. WVWC closed to within two points three times, 14-12, 18-16 and 21-19, but Concord countered with a pair of Williams' kills to move within two points of match point before Anderson and Williams teamed up on a block to secure the sweep.

Similar to the bookend sets, CU opened the second set on a 7-2 run. However, Wesleyan came back to tie the set at 9-9. Concord responded by scoring six of the next eight points that ended with a Williams kill. And the Mountain Lions kept Wesleyan at arm's length for the remainder of the set.

Williams was the only Concord player with double-digit kills as she went for 13 kills on a .333 hitting percentage. Stull tied her career high with eight blocks to go with eight kills. Anderson matched Stull's block total while sophomore middle hitter Addie Adkins threw in six blocks.

Senior setter Paige Richmond tallied 18 assists while fellow senior setter Haley Sweeney registered 11 assists.

Senior libero Allie Davis racked up 16 digs, and will need six digs next time out to break Concord's all-time program record for digs, currently held by Kathy Dickson (1990-93) at 1,948.  

Up next for the Mountain Lions is a home date with Glenville State 7:00 p.m. Friday inside the Carter Center.