Southern Virginia def. Lebanon Valley 3-0 (25-11, 27-25, 25-10)

Marymount (Va.) def. Lebanon Valley 3-2 (30-28, 13-25, 25-10, 21-25, 15-9)

How It Happened
ARLINGTON, Va. – Lebanon Valley dropped two matches at Marymount's (Va.) Tri-Match on Saturday afternoon. The Dutchmen finished the regular season at 16-13, but will partake in the 2017 MAC Commonwealth Championship next week.

Southern Virginia Match
LVC was swept by Southern Virginia in the opening match. The Knights jumped out to a 7-3 advantage in the opening set, but the Dutchmen battled back to make it 9-6 in favor of SVU. The Knights then countered with five consecutive points to go up 14-6 and never looked back, taking the first set 25-11.

In the second, LVC began the set on a 6-3 run, capped by Autumn Leese's service ace. The Dutchmen continued to lead by a few points, but at 17-14, four straight points from the Knights put them ahead 18-17 and forced LVC to call a timeout. The Dutchmen came out of the time out and scored three straight, including a Jayna Class kill, Adrianna Lattanzi service ace, and a Jess Attieh kill, but a 5-0 run by SVU put the Knights up 23-20. LVC responded with a string of three consecutive points, and later a kill by Amber Deshong tied things up at 25-25. From there, SVU's Alfred notched a kill and followed it up with a service ace to clinch the set for the Knights at 27-25.

Early on in the third, the set was locked at 6-6, however SVU went on a 9-0 run to go ahead 15-6. After two consecutive points from the Dutchmen made it 15-8, seven consecutive points by the Knights made it 22-8 and put the set out of reach, as SVU went on to take the third set 25-10.

Inside the Numbers – SVU Match
 - Attieh had six kills and two blocks, while Lattanzi added five kills.
 - Jensen Burnheimer finished with 16 assists.
 - Emily Smeltz led LVC with 14 digs and Burnheimer added 10 more.

Marymount Match
In the nightcap, the Dutchmen and the Saints played a five-set thriller that went the way of Marymount in the end. The first set was a thriller, as it was close throughout, beginning at 7-7. After the Saints went on a 7-3 run to go ahead 14-11, LVC rattled off three straight to even the set at 14-14. Marymount responded with a mini 5-1 run to go ahead by four at 19-15, but the Dutchmen battled back again and scored three in-a-row, capped by Abbey Barnhart's service ace, to come to within one at 19-18. Later, Marymount had set point at 25-24, but Attieh ripped a kill to keep LVC alive. The teams traded off points from there, but at 28-28, the Saints scored twice and took a long first set at 30-28.

The Dutchmen got even in the second and dominated Marymount throughout most of the set. With LVC ahead 20-13, five consecutive points, including two service aces by Barnhart, clinched the set at 25-13 to even the match at 1-1. After the Saints took the third, the Dutchmen evened the match at 2-2 in the fourth and sent it to a fifth and deciding set.

In the fifth, Marymount opened it on a 5-1 run and LVC followed it with a timeout. The Dutchmen came out of the timeout and scored four of the next five to come to within a point at 6-5, but the Saints increased their lead with two points of their own and went up 8-5. Later, Attieh's kill brought LVC to within one at 10-9, but the Saints ended the set on a 5-0 run and took the set 15-9 to win the match 3-2.

Inside the Numbers – Marymount Match
 - Attieh finished with a match-high 22 kills, while Lattanzi and Nina Mentzer added seven kills apiece.
 - Barnhart served up a matchbest five aces and she added a LVC-high 26 digs.
 - Burnheimer ended with 45 assists and 15 digs.
 - Lattanzi dug out 17 balls for the Dutchmen.

MAC Commonwealth Tournament Bound
In the 2017 MAC Commonwealth Championship Tournament, LVC will be the No. 3 seed and travel to Arcadia on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The Play-In game features No. 5 Alvernia at No. 4 Messiah on Monday, with the winner heading to Owings Mills, Md. on Wednesday to battle No. 1 Stevenson.

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