Arcadia 3, Lebanon Valley 2
(25-20, 18-25, 25-19, 19-25, 8-15)
LVC Starters
Reed, Leese, Sides, Burnheimer, Attieh, Class, Smeltz (L)
Arcadia Starters
Enfield, Campf, Elechko, Stengel, Joseph, Wilson, Eng (L)
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley was edged by Arcadia 3-2 in a thrilling five-setter at Sorrentino Gymnasium on Wednesday night, Sept. 20. The Dutchmen fell to 6-4, 2-1 MAC Commonwealth, while the Knights advanced to 8-3, 3-0 in conference play.
The Dutchmen jumped out to an early 7-3 lead in the first set, but the Knights tightened the score with kills by Allison Elechko, Becca Campf and Lizzie Joseph. The score remained close until LVC went on a four-point run to take the set with two kills from
Jess Attieh and a service ace from
Jayna Class.
LVC led early in set two but a 13-point run by Arcadia created momentum that the Dutchmen couldn't overcome. The Knights went on to take the set 25-18.
Arcadia broke out to a 13-8 lead in the third set but the Dutchmen answered with an eight-point run with seven serves and an ace coming from Class, while Attieh added three kills and a block. The Dutchmen led 16-13, forcing Arcadia to burn a timeout to try to stop the Dutchmen push but LVC kept driving forward thanks to kills by
Amanda Sides,
Amber Deshong, Class, and Attieh to win the set 25-19.
Arcadia took the fourth set 25-19 to force a deciding game. With the fifth set tied 6-6 in the early going, the Knights scored nine of the final 11 points to take the final set 15-8 and escape with the narrow victory.
Inside the Numbers
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Emily Smeltz led the Dutchmen with 23 digs, while
Kaitlyn Reed added 14.
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Jess Attieh led the offense with 17 kills and
Amanda Sides added 10 of her own.
- Setter
Jensen Burnheimer recorded 34 assists.
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Jayna Class led the way with three service aces, while
Reina Eckman was tops in blocks with three.
- Wednesday's match was just the second five-setter for LVC this fall.
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen host Misericordia at Sorrentino Gymnasium on Friday at 7 p.m.
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