Alvernia University Athletics

Reading, Pa. (November 4, 2026) - Alvernia University (11-15, 4-4) secured a MAC Commonwealth playoff spot with a 3-0 sweep of Hood College (5-22, 3-5) Wednesday night in a MAC Commonwealth women's volleyball match on Alvernia's Jack McCloskey Court. 

The Golden Wolves punched their ticket to the MAC Commonwealth Championships for just the second time since Alvernia joined the Commonwealth and the first time since the 2017 season. The victory also is Alvernia's fourth conference win, which ties the single season record for conference wins. 

The Golden Wolves took down the Blazers 25-23 in the first set before posting a 25-16 victory in the second set to take a 2-0 lead. Alvernia then capped the sweep with a 25-21 set three win to take the match. 

How it Happened

• The Blazers came out hot in the first set and jumped out to an early 5-1 lead over the Golden Wolves before Alvernia responded with an 8-5 scoring run that pulled the Golden Wolves within one, 10-9. 
• Hood tallied four of the next six points to take a 14-11 lead and forced an Alvernia timeout but Alvernia bounced back yet again with three straight points to tie the set at 14. 
• The Blazers and the Golden Wolves traded the next six points before Hood pulled ahead late in the set and scored four of the next five points to take a 21-18 lead and forced Alvernia's second timeout of the set. 
• The Golden Wolves continued to come out of the timeout breaks hot and rattled off five of the next seven points to tie the set at 23 and forced a Hood timeout. 
• Alvernia secured the first set victory after a Hood error and a Casey Treude kill put the Golden Wolves over the top and took the first set, 25-23. 
• The Golden Wolves were the ones that started the second set hot and after trading points with the Blazers at the start of the set, Alvernia ripped off a 9-4 scoring run that forced a Hood timeout with the Golden Wolves up 14-9. 
• Alvernia then controlled the end of the second set and recorded an 11-7 scoring run in the final 18 points of the set to take a 2-0 match lead over the Blazers after a 25-16 victory in the second set. 
• Allison Wolf led the Golden Wolves through the first two sets of the match with eight kills, five of which came in the second set. Casey Treude tallied seven kills in the first two sets and Olivia VonNeida dished out 20 assists and added eight digs. 
• The Golden Wolves continued to stay hot at the start of the third set and jumped out to a 5-0 lead before pushing it to eight, 14-6, and forced a Blazer timeout. 
• Hood began to bounce back and tallied a 6-5 scoring run over the next 11 points before they ripped off a 6-3 scoring run that pulled them back in the set, 22-18, and forced an Alvernia timeout. 
• The Golden Wolves would go on to tally three of the final six points to secure the 25-21 set three victory and seal the sweep over the Blazers, punching their ticket into the MAC Commonwealth playoffs. 

Inside the Box Score 

• Allison Wolf and Casey Treude led the Golden Wolves with ten kills a piece. Wolf added ten digs and a service ace and Treude posted a .364 hitting percentage and committed just two errors on 22 attempts. 
• Zoe Velez recorded nine kills, Julia Lassandro hammered home eight kills and posted three solo blocks and two block assists.
• Olivia VonNeida dished out 32 assists for the Golden Wolves and added eight digs and Caroline Buggy recorded 18 digs. 

Up Next 

• The Golden Wolves are back in the MAC Commonwealth playoffs for just the second time in Alvernia's history in the conference and the first time since 2017. Alvernia will travel to Neumann to take on the Knights in the #4/#5 play-in game. Game time is still TBD.