Natalie Schieder '19 continued to assert herself as one of the best in the league with an outright dominate performance last Thursday against the Pennsylvania College of Technology. After the Wildcats jumped ahead two-sets-to-none, she helped the Soaring Eagles pull off a miraculous comeback with career highs in kills (31) and digs (27).
With the EC offense struggling early on, Taylor Kaznowski '19 shifted her focus towards setting her always-reliable classmate. As a result, Schieder compiled a whopping 79 total attacks. She managed to earn her career-best 31 kills while still maintaining an admirable .253 hitting percentage. Defensively, the Alden, New York, native picked up 14 of her digs in the final two sets, where the Soaring Eagles limited Penn College to a mere .063 hitting percentage.
Not only did Schieder set new career records for kills and digs against the Wildcats, but her outing vaulted her into first place in the E8 in kills per set at 5.45. Additionally, it marked the first 30-kill, 20-dig match for the Soaring Eagles since former AVCA All-American Taryn Rumsey '14 racked up 32 kills and 20 digs in a five-set victory over Hartwick College on October 4, 2013
Schieder and the Elmira women return to action with a road trip to Ithaca College for the 2016 Empire 8 season opener on Wednesday, September 21st, at 6:00 p.m.
