The Case Western Reserve University volleyball team ended the regular season with a three-set sweep of the College of Wooster (25-16, 25-12, 25-18) on Saturday afternoon at Timken Gymnasium in Wooster, Ohio.

The Spartans improved to 15-13 this season, while the Fighting Scots ended 2025 with a record of 5-21.

Stats and Standouts

• Senior middle blocker Amanda Ngo led the Spartans with 12 kills with a .400 hitting percentage and added four blocks
• Senior outside hitter Kalli Wall added six kills, five digs, two blocks, and an assist
• Sophomore setter Elena Esquivel had a team-high 32 assists, added 13 digs, put down five kills, and blocked four attacks
• Sophomore defensive specialist Sophia Datto paced the squad with 14 digs, followed by junior outside hitter Emily Goodpaster, who had 13

First Set (25-16)

• CWRU was able to take a four-point lead, 12-8, on a kill by Wall
• A 4-2 Spartan run increased the advantage to six, 16-10, and a later kill by sophomore right-side hitter Madeline Halter put Case Western Reserve ahead 19-11 in the opening set
• Wooster was able to cut its deficit to six, 21-15, but the visitors ended the stanza by winning four of the final five points in the stanza  

Second Set (25-12)

• The Spartans started the second set by taking seven of the first nine points, receiving kills from Ngo, Esquivel, and sophomore outside hitter Sienna Olson during the run
• An ace by first-year defensive specialist Thea Beran increased the team's lead to six, 10-4
• Following a service error, CWRU won eight of the following nine points, increasing its edge to 12, 18-6 on a Wooster attacking error
• The Fighting Scots cut their deficit to nine, 21-12, but the Spartans ended the set with four points in a row to claim the second stanza

Third Set (25-18)

• The teams split the first eight points before the hosts used a 6-2 run to take a three-point lead, 9-6, early in the third set
• The Spartans responded by winning the next four points, tying the score on a block by Ngo and Esquivel and taking the lead on an Esquivel kill
• CWRU and Wooster traded the following seven points before a Wooster ace and kill gave the hosts the lead again, 15-13
• After trading the next two points, Case Western Reserve went on an 8-0 run on the service of first-year setter Kaitlyn Harris to take a 22-16 lead, it would not relinquish
• Ngo had three kills and contributed two blocks during the run
• After a Wooster kill, Ngo buried two more kills to increase the lead to seven, 24-17, and Wall finished the match with her sixth kill

Spartan Notes

• The Spartans improved to 15-8 against Wooster since 2002, including winning the last four matches and 10 of the previous 11
• 14 members of the team played in the match
• CWRU won seven of its last nine matches to end the regular season
• Ngo has recorded at least 10 kills in 15 different matches this year, and she went over 100 total blocks for the second season in a row, finishing the match with 102 in 205
• Datto reached 500 digs this season during the match, finishing the day with 501 in 2025

Up Next

The Spartans will conclude the 2025 season with the University Athletic Association Championship, hosted by Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, on November 15 and 16. CWRU, seeded fifth in the eight-team tournament, will face fourth-seeded Carnegie Mellon in the quarterfinal on Saturday at 11 a.m. followed by a matchup against either the top-seeded University of Chicago or eighth-seeded Rochester at either 1 or 3 p.m.