KENNESAW, Ga. – The Western Michigan volleyball team captured its third straight non-conference tournament title, winning the Kennesaw State Invitational with a straight-set victory (25-23, 25-12, 25-15) over the hosts, Kennesaw State, on Sunday afternoon.
 
FINAL SCORE: Western Michigan 3, Kennesaw State 0
LOCATION: KSU Convocation Center (Kennesaw, Ga.)
RECORDS: Western Michigan (9-1) | Kennesaw State (6-3)
 
With her 38 assists on Sunday, Logan Case climbed into second on Western Michigan's career assists list. The senior now has 4,110 career helpers, and passed Kris Penza's (1990-93) career total of 4,082. Mary Murphy (2015-18) owns the program record with 4,501 career assists. 
 
Keona Salesman led the attack for Western Michigan, tallying 17 kills on a blistering .517 hitting percentage. Maggie King added 10, while Anna Calcagno chipped in with eight. Western Michigan hit .280 as a team for the afternoon.
 
Andelyn Simkins registered a match-high 18 digs for the Broncos, while Case added nine, narrowly missing out on her second double-double of the weekend. Reeghan Boyer and Calcagno each contributed seven digs to WMU's defensive effort.
 
A 7-1 run helped Kennesaw State take a 15-11 advantage in the first set. Trailing 19-16, Western Michigan notched four consecutive points to move back ahead, 20-19. At 23-23, King broke the deadlock with a kill, and a KSU error then handed the Broncos the first set, 25-23.
 
Holding a 5-4 edge in the second set, WMU used a 10-3 surge to open up a 15-7 cushion. With the margin at 19-11, the Broncos closed out the frame with six of the next seven points to take a 2-0 match lead into the break.
 
The Broncos continued their momentum into the third set, as they jumped out to a 6-1 advantage. A seven-point run then helped Western Michigan expand the margin out to 14-3. WMU's cushion dipped below double-digits just twice for the remainder of the frame, as the Brown & Gold cruised to the straight-set victory.
 
Western Michigan wraps up non-conference play next weekend with a pair of matches at the Alyssa Cavanaugh Classic in Bowling Green, Ky. The Broncos are set to take on ETSU at 2 pm on Friday afternoon and tournament host Western Kentucky on Saturday at 2:30 pm.