The Jackets volleyball team collected its 19th loss of the season Tuesday falling to Thiel in straight sets, 3-0. Not a lot went the Jackets way during the match. For head coach Hayley Kirby, the main problem was a lack of cohesiveness. “We just weren’t playing as a team,” Kirby said. “We had spurts where … Continue reading
Saturday afternoon in Sharon, Pennsylvania, the Waynesburg University volleyball team snapped a 10-match losing streak with a win against Penn State Shenango. The Jackets [3-18, 0-10] won the non-conference match in straight sets, 3-0, picking up their third win of the season. All three sets had similar scores with the Jackets taking the first set, … Continue reading
In the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, the Waynesburg University volleyball team suffered yet another loss to Presidents’ Athletic Conference leading, Westminster College Thursday night. The struggles continued for the Yellow Jackets [2-18, 2-9] as they were winless in Thursday night’s game, suffering a 3-0 straight sets defeat, a set score that has occurred the past four … Continue reading
Tuesday night ended with more of the same for the Yellow Jacket volleyball team, another loss. Waynesburg [2-17, 0-9] fell to the Geneva Golden Tornado [15-7, 7-3] in straight sets, 3-0, as the team continues to rebuild and grow its program under second-year head coach Hayley Kirby. The Jackets kept two of the three sets … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University volleyball team fell to Grove City, 3-1 at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse Wednesday night. The Jackets have now lost 19 consecutive matches to the Wolverines win their last win coming Oct. 15, 2009. After losing the second set 25-7, Waynesburg won the third set 30-28 after Grove City came back from a … Continue reading
It looked like maybe an upset would ensue as Waynesburg University led 18-13 in the first set, but after a retaliation set that Westminster won by a 25-8 score in set two tied it 1-1, Waynesburg [2-13, 0-5] would eventually fall to the Titans [16-1, 5-0] in what head coach Hayley Kirby felt was one … Continue reading
Four seasons ago the Waynesburg University volleyball team lost to Penn State Altoona 3-1. Four years later, the Yellow Jackets lost by the same score. Despite falling short, head coach Hayley Kirby wasn’t discouraged with how her team performed. This was one of the better games we played,” Kirby said. “We just made some stupid … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University volleyball team had two home matches Saturday as part of a tri-match at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. The first match was against fellow Presidents’ Athletic Conference member Thiel. The other was against head coach Hayley Kirby’s former school, Earlham. Waynesburg lost both matches in straight sets. In the first match against Thiel, … Continue reading
Head coach Hayley Kirby couldn’t find many positive things out of her teams straight set sweep, at the hands of the Washington & Jefferson Presidents Thursday evening. The set scores were 25-18, 25-8 and 25-11. This is Waynesburg’s ninth consecutive loss to the Presidents. “In all three sets we started horribly,” Kirby said. “No effort, … Continue reading
Waynesburg University volleyball player Alyssa Proper is the only senior on the 2019 roster. Her and the juniors on the team have experienced the process of a coaching change during their time at Waynesburg. “I was definitely nervous, because I didn’t know if the change would be better, if it would be worse, I didn’t … Continue reading
