Pinehurst, NC - The Johnson & Wales Women's Soccer Team traveled to Sandhills Community College on Saturday to participate in a tri-match with the host Flyers and USC-Sumter. The Wildcats earned a spilt in the two matches, falling in 3 sets to Sandhills, before rebounding to sweep USC-Sumter.

Match 1 Highlights:

• JWU falls to 7-4 on the season.
• Sandhills has won 5 matches in a row since losing to the Wildcats in Charlotte on 9/11, and is now 7-4.
• Sandhills outhit the Wildcats .259 to .127
• Both the Wildcats and the Flyers recorded 52 digs
• Sandhills served 10 aces in the match.
• Demya Scott led JWU with 11 kills and 8 digs in the match.

Match 2 Highlights:

• JWU improves to 8-4 on the season.
• USC-Sumter is now 2-10 on the season.
• JWU recorded 30 kills against only 16 errors in the match.
• They also had 9 service aces and 65 digs.
• Emily Arends was the star of the match, tallying 12 kills on .360 hitting, while adding 4 service aces and 9 digs.
• Isabella Gonzalez had a career-high 10 digs.

Up Next:

The Wildcats return home to host Bob Jones on Tuesday, September 28th at 7pm.