The Monmouth College volleyball team kicked off a weekend at the Central College tournament in Pella, Iowa with a 3-0 sweep of Nebraska Wesleyan Friday night. The Scots won the match 25-20, 28-26, 25-22 to move to 13-13 on the season. 

Freshman Layne Wright (Davenport, Iowa) led the Scots with 11 kills while senior Loryn Beal (Pontiac, Illinois) had nine and senior Megan Kimble (Farmington, Illinois) had eight. Senior Karlie Drish (Milan, Illinois) dished out 32 assists while senior Kaylee Woodard (Monmouth, Illinois) had a team-high three aces. Woodard and Beal both had 21 digs while Drish added 17. 

The 13-13 Scots play Iowa Wesleyan at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Central at 12:30 p.m. Those are the final two regular season games for the Scots this season. With a win on Saturday, Monmouth will have their most wins since the 2012 team went 19-11, the last time the Scots finished a season over .500. The 2018 team also won 13 games but finished 13-15.


MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Kimble hit .316 for the match... Junior Amanda Dybal (Apex, North Carolina) added eight kills...Drish leads the team with 551 assists, 6.3 per set...Dybal needs three kills for 200 on the season...Wright needs nine for 200...Woodard leads the conference with 539 digs and 6.13 per set...The digs per set rank second in school history and the 539 digs rank 10th...They are the second most digs for a Monmouth player since 2000, trailing Renee Rude's 588 in 2018.