Lebanon Valley 3, Montclair State 0
(25-15, 25-18, 28-26)

LVC Starters
Sides, Deshong, Moltz, Mentzer, Weidemoyer, Barnhart, Garrett (L)

Montclair Starters
Terpstra, Maute, Brackett, Griffith, K. Matlock, C. Matlock, Olcese (L)

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley took two sets in impressive fashion before rallying to complete a comeback in the final set of the team's 3-0 sweep of Montclair State on the first night of the Dutchmen Quad.

The Flying Dutchmen (15-9) controlled things for the majority of the first two games before having to come from behind late in set three to earn the victory by set scores of 25-15, 25-18, and 28-26.

Amber Deshong recorded the first point of the night on a kill of a Rachel Moltz assist but LVC didn't gain much breathing room until midway through set one. With the score tied 10-10, the Dutchmen went on a key 5-1 run that included two more kills from Deshong and one from Nina Mentzer. The Red Hawks (14-8) cut the deficit to 20-15 late in the set but that's as close as they'd get as LVC rallied off the final five points, capped by an Abbey Barnhart service ace.

It was all Lebanon Valley in the early going of the second set with Emily Sides' ace making it 6-1 right off the bat. Montclair State drew within one midway through the game but the Dutchmen were able to slow the Hawks' push and extend the advantage to 19-15 when Alli Quirk pounded home a kill off another Moltz assist. LVC recorded five of the last six points, finished off when Greta Weidemoyer found Moltz for a kill.

The Dutchmen jumped out to another sizable advantage at 10-4 to begin set three when Moltz added another kill, this time off a Sides' offering. But the Hawks scored six straight points to tie things up at 11-11 midway through the game and traded slim advantages with LVC the rest of the way. Montclair used two kills and a Dutchmen attack error to grab a 24-22 lead in crunch time but a Deshong kill and Allie Garrett's ace forced extra play. Another Deshong kill gave Lebanon Valley a 27-26 lead a few moments later and a Madison Maute attack error clinched the sweep for the Dutchmen.

Notable Performers
Amber Deshong, Nina Mentzer – Deshong was the offensive juggernaut against the Red Hawks, racking up a team-high 14 kills and a .371 hitting percentage. Mentzer had a coming out party by hammering home 10 kills with a .471 hitting percentage. The pair combined for nearly half of LVC's 51 total kills on the night.

Inside the Numbers
- In addition to Amber Deshong and Nina Mentzer's offensive numbers, Greta Weidemoyer added nine kills for LVC.
- Allie Garrett and Emily Sides were stout defensively for the Dutchmen. Garrett dug out a match-high 16 balls and Sides had 11 digs. Rachel Moltz added seven and Weidemoyer chipped in with five. Erin Koons and Melanie Phifer recorded three and two, respectively.
- Sides had a nice do-a-little-bit-of-everything kind of night. In addition to her dig total, she added 14 assists, four kills, three service aces, and a solo block.
- Alli Quirk added the only other block for LVC, a solo effort in the third set.
- Moltz, the team's top setter, assisted on a match-high 32 points to go along with her two service aces.
- Abbey Barnhart recorded two of the Dutchmen's eight aces on the night.
- Lebanon Valley held the edge in every major statistical category except blocks. Montclair State recorded six compared to two for LVC.
- Elizabethtown defeated Wilkes 3-0 in the opening match of the Dutchmen Quad on Friday evening.

Who's Next?
LVC finishes off the Dutchmen Quad with a pair of matches tomorrow. The Dutchmen face Elizabethtown at 10 a.m. before wrapping things up against Wilkes at 4 p.m.