ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland Women's Volleyball celebrated their Senior Day while dropping their match in a row Saturday afternoon as the Green Bay Phoenix traveled to the O'rena to even the season matchup with the Golden Grizzlies via a 3-0 set sweep on The Blacktop in #HLVB action.

The first set of the match featured great front-line play from the golden grizzlies, including multiple scoring runs from the black and gold. The Phoenix would be up 15-12 when the first media timeout was called. The latter stages of the set saw Oakland go on a 3-0 scoring run thanks to an Anika Prisby kill and two errors from Green Bay. Kayla Lass would notch a serving ace to claim the first set for the Phoenix, 25-20. 

The Golden Grizzlies started the second set with strong and aggressive play in the middle, including two kills from Jessica Riedl to get the Oakland offense started. Later in the set Green Bay would amass a 5-0 run with three out of five of the points coming off of kills.

Patti Cesarini would land one of her eight kills of the match before the second set media timeout with Green Bay leading 15-11. From there, the Phoenix would go on another run, eventually concluding the set on a kill from Angie Gromos, making the score of set two 25-18 and giving Green Bay the 2-0 set advantage. 

The third and final set of the match was dominated early by the Phoenix, getting out to another early 3-0 set lead. Momentum began to swing in favor of the Golden Grizzlies when Clarke Adams executed a clean solo block to make the score 9-6 in favor of the Phoenix. 

After Adams' block, AnnaBelle Tomei would enter the game for Oakland and lead the Golden Grizzlies on a 4-0 run all off her serve. Green Bay would respond by going on a run of their own, making the score at the media timeout 15-11 in favor of the Phoenix. Tomei went back to work with her serve late in the set, spearheading another 4-0 run for Oakland and eventually forcing Green Bay to call a timeout. The Phoenix would end the set on a 5-0 run, concluding the third set in a 25-20 victory and a 3-0 set sweep of the Golden Grizzlies. 


INSIDE THE NUMBERS 
 

• 10 kills on 19 total attacks for Adams, giving her a 42.1% hitting percentage
• Eight kills and a service ace for Cesarini
• Tomei led the Golden Grizzlies in assists with 15 and service aces with three  
• Emily Wichmann tops the team in digs with 16

Next, Oakland will head out to Fort Wayne, Indiana for a match against the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Friday, November 11 at the Gates Sports Center. The Golden Grizzlies hold the advantage in the season series against the PFW, completing a three-set sweep of the Dons on October 15.