CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio -- WVU Tech volleyball took a 3-1 River States Conference (RSC) decision over Ohio Christian University Saturday afternoon with scores of 25-18, 20-25, 25-20 and 25-15. The Golden Bears boost their record to 19-5, 3-2 (RSC) while the Trailblazers move to 2-9, 1-3 (RSC).

The team had a standout showing from senior Ana Monteiro who recorded 15 kills, 11 digs, two assists, two service aces and a block assists.

Freshman Valentina Abondano also had a balanced match on offense and defense with 16 digs and 11 kills.

Junior Katelyn Byrd was the final Golden Bear to post double-digits on the attack with ten kills to go with nine digs.

Once again, junior Konstantina Pateli handled the ball for Tech towards 39 assists. The Athens, Greece native also picked up ten digs.

The Gold and Blue back row defense helped win the contest including a match-best 26 digs from sophomore libero Sawyer Hawgood. Junior Alice Amitrano marked 17 digs while fellow classmate Carolina Bologna posted seven digs. Bologna also put down six kills.

Tech will continue RSC play when they host Carlow University in Beckley, West Virginia during Homecoming Friday, October 5.