FOREST, Va. – By virtue of finishing sixth during the 2013 Old Dominion Athletic Conference regular season, the Emory & Henry College Volleyball Team has earned the #6 seed for the 2013 ODAC Tournament. The Wasps were picked to finish in sixth place this season by the league's head coaches.

E&H (15-12, 6-5 ODAC) will travel for its quarterfinal matchup against the Hornets of Lynchburg College on Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m., at Turner Gym.

In the regular season meeting between Emory & Henry and Lynchburg on Saturday, September 14, the Wasps claimed a 3-1 (24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 25-22) victory at the John Rutledge King Center, coming back to win sets 2-4 after narrowly dropping the first frame.

There were 40 ties and 14 lead changes in the match including 11 ties and four lead changes in the fourth set alone. Emory & Henry posted a .189 (55-23-169) hitting percentage compared to 48-25-154 (.149) for Lynchburg. The Hornets out-blocked the Wasps, 14-4 and had six service aces to just two for E&H.

Senior middle Nicole Tesh (Boone, N.C.), who has since broken the school record for kills led the way for Emory & Henry with 14 kills while freshman outside hitter Hannah Doss (Meadowview, Va.) and freshman middle Kennady Thomason (Chattanooga, Tenn.) had 13 and 12 kills, respectively. Junior setter Maleah Neely (Hillsville, Va.) dished out 45 assists and had 15 digs to complete the double-double while senior libero Kelly Mae Kerlin (Franklin, Tenn.) had a team-high 16 digs.

The winner of Wednesday's quarterfinal matchup will advance to the league's final four, which will be played on Saturday on the campus of the highest remaining seed. Either seventh-seeded Bridgewater College or Randolph-Macon College will await the winner of the Wasps and Hornets.

The other half of the bracket features top-seeded Washington and Lee against Shenandoah University and #4 Virginia Wesleyan College versus Roanoke College.

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2013 ODAC Volleyball Tournament

Quarterfinals - Wednesday, November 6
Match 1: #8 Shenandoah at #1 Washington and Lee - TBA
Match 2: #5 Roanoke at #4 Virginia Wesleyan - TBA
Match 3: #7 Bridgewater at #2 Randolph-Macon - TBA
Match 4: #6 Emory & Henry at #3 Lynchburg – 7:00 p.m.

Semifinals and Final - Saturday, November 9
Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2 - TBA *
Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4 - TBA *
Match 7: Semifinal Winners - TBA *

* Times to be determined based on playing format - both semifinals may be played at the same time