{"id":132996,"date":"2022-11-21T09:56:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=132996"},"modified":"2023-01-12T14:25:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:25:01","slug":"raiders-secure-automatic-bid-to-ncaa-volleyball-tournament-after-earning-second-horizon-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/11\/21\/raiders-secure-automatic-bid-to-ncaa-volleyball-tournament-after-earning-second-horizon-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders secure automatic bid to NCAA volleyball tournament after earning second Horizon League title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wright State University volleyball team won its second Horizon League tournament title, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. (Photos by Joseph Craven)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Wright State University volleyball team<\/a> will return to the NCAA Championship for the third time in the last four seasons after sweeping No. 2 seed Northern Kentucky on Nov. 20 for its second Horizon League tournament title in school history.<\/p>\n

The Raiders (29-3, 18-3 Horizon) won their 23rd consecutive match to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA Championship, with Selection Sunday set for Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU.<\/p>\n

Jenna Story\u00a0was named the Horizon League Tournament MVP after recording 41 digs (5.86 per set) across Wright State’s two postseason wins.\u00a0Callie Martin\u00a0and\u00a0Sam Ott\u00a0were both named to the All-Tournament Team.<\/p>\n

Playing on their home court in the McLin Gymnasium, Wright State jumped out in front by taking the opening set 25-18, followed by a 25-20 final tally in set two. The Raiders trailed 17-15 in the third set but closed the period on a 10-6 run to seal the sweep.<\/p>\n

Ott finished with a team-leading 13 kills and a season-high five aces to pace the Raiders.\u00a0Megan Alders\u00a0tallied 10 kills, while\u00a0Taylor Bransfield\u00a0and\u00a0Aaliyah Byers\u00a0finished with nine apiece in the category.<\/p>\n

Katie Meyer\u00a0passed out 40 of Wright State’s 45 assists. Story (19) and Martin (12) notched double-digit digs to lead the Raiders’ efforts defensively.<\/p>\n

As a team, Wright State tallied a .252 hitting percentage, including a .486 mark with 17 kills and no errors in set two. Northern Kentucky (18-13, 15-3 Horizon) was held to a .165 hitting percentage while also committing 16 errors.<\/p>\n

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Raider defeat Cleveland State in four sets in semifinals<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wright State advanced to the tournament finals by beating No. 4 seed Cleveland State in four sets on Nov. 19 in the tournament’s semifinals.<\/p>\n

Wright State grabbed control early, taking the opening set 25-18. However, the second set finished 25-20 in favor of Cleveland State (14-17, 10-8 Horizon), tying the semifinal. The Raiders got back in front with a 25-16 third-set victory before sealing the postseason win with a come-from-behind 25-22 final tally in set four.<\/p>\n

Sam Ott led the way with a match-high 17 kills to go along with six digs and four blocks. Callie Martin recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs, while Taylor Bransfield tallied 11 kills. Aaliyah Byers also reached double-figure kills with 10 on 21 attempts. Katie Meyer passed out 50 of Wright State’s 59 assists in addition to 14 digs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wright State volleyball team will return to the NCAA Championship for the third time in the last four seasons after winning the Horizon League tournament.\u00a0 Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":133005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2798,725,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-athletics","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132996"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134238,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132996\/revisions\/134238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}