#17 Wayne State forced 22 attack errors from Adelphi to win its season opener in three sets 25-23, 25-21, 25-16 Thursday morning in Garden City, New York.
 
Taya Beller would lead the 'Cats with 16 kills on a 0.652 hitting percentage. Kelsie Cada would follow with 13 kills on a 0.225 hitting percentage. Havyn Heinz led the way with 16 digs followed by Cada with 13 and Jessie Brandl with 12. Maggie Brahmer would lead the 'Cats in blocks with seven. 

The Wildcats only trailed once at the very beginning of the tightly contested first set. The two teams would trade points back and forth before a pair of kills came from Cada and Brahmer and an attack error built a 10-7 lead for the 'Cats. Adelphi would then storm back to tie the game at 14-14 before a pair of kills from Brahmer would build a 17-15 lead for the Wildcats. A three-point run by the Panthers would tie the game 22-22 before a kill from Beller and a pair of attack errors from AU would give the 'Cats a 25-23 win in set one. 

Set two would see three lead changes and 13 ties. Wayne State would trail early in the set at 2-0 before they rattled off a pair service aces from Cada that gave them a 3-2 lead. The cats would only trail once more in the set at 11-9 before taking the lead for good. A big block from Beller and Taylor Bunjer late in the second set gave the 'Cats a 22-20, causing the Panthers to take a timeout. Two attack errors from Adelphi and a kill from Beller gave the cats the 25-21 set win over the Panthers. 

The third set would be back and forth to start the third set before a pair of attack errors and kills from Cada and Beller gave the 'Cats an early 10-6 lead in set three. The 'Cats would go on an 8-1 run that brought the lead up to seven at 14-7. Wayne State would take the third set behind Beller's six kills by a score of 25-16. Cada would also have five kills in the set and the 'Cats would produce a 0.250 hitting percentage in the third set.

The Wildcats will next be in action on August 25 at 12 p.m. against the University of Bridgeport in Garden City, New York.