Volleyball Cruises Past Lycoming for Fifth Straight Win

Lebanon Valley def. Lycoming 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-19)

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

Lycoming Starters
Fink, Burger, Richardson, Altland, Slawson, Jahn, Hepner (L)

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley continued its win streak and dominated Lycoming 3-0 in MAC Commonwealth volleyball action. The Dutchmen improved to 11-5, 2-1 MAC Commonwealth, while the Warriors dropped to 12-6, 1-2 MAC Commonwealth.

In the opening set, both teams kept the score close until Lycoming jumped out to a 10-7 advantage. Later, Nina Menzter evened the set at 15-15 with a kill, and then Alli Quirk kept the set even at 20-20 with her own kill. From there, LVC scored five of the last four points, capped by another Quirk kill, to take the first set 25-21.

The middle set was dominated by the Dutchmen, as they jumped out to a 10-4 lead. The Warriors came to within five at 13-8, however they would never get any closer as LVC took the set with ease at 25-13 to take a two sets to none lead.

The Dutchmen stormed out to an healthy lead in the third as a Rachel Moltz service as made it 8-2. Lycoming, however, went on a 7-2 run to come to within one point at 10-9. It stayed back-and-forth until it was 17-16 in favor of LVC when the Dutchmen scored five points in a row, including two Quirk kills, to go up 22-16. LVC held on and Greta Weidemoyer ended the match in style with a kill that gave the Dutchmen a 25-19 third-set win and 3-0 victory in the match.

Inside the Numbers
 - Quirk paced LVC with 18 kills, while Weidemoyer finished with 11 and Amber Deshong posted seven.
 - Moltz served four aces and Allie Garrett and Morgan Webb each had one.
 - Quirk totaled three blocks and Weidemoyer and Nina Mentzer each chipped in two.
 - Moltz dished out 25 assists and Garrett was solid on defense with 14 kills with Moltz adding 10 more.

Five in a Row
Tonight's victory marked the fifth straight for the Dutchmen and LVC also picked up the all-important win in MAC Commonwealth action.

Who's Next?
On Saturday, LVC heads to St. David's, Pa. for a MAC Crossover tri-match. At 2 p.m., the Dutchmen take on DeSales before battling the hosts, No. 10 Eastern, at 4 p.m.