F&M def. Lebanon Valley 3-1 (25-16, 19-25, 25-21, 25-23)

How It Happened
LANCASTER, Pa. – Lebanon Valley suffered a 3-1 setback at the hands of Franklin & Marshall at each teams' opening match of the 2017 F&M Scramble on Friday night in non-conference volleyball action. The Dutchmen now sit at an even 3-3, while the Diplomats improved to 4-1 on the season.

In the opening set, LVC jumped out to a quick 6-3 advantage, but five fast points from F&M rapidly put the Diplomats up by one at 8-7. Later, the Dutchmen came to within three at 14-11 off an Amber Deshong kill, however F&M responded by scoring five of the next six points to increase its lead to 19-12 and the Dips went on to take the opening set 25-16.

LVC enjoyed a solid second set, but had to earn it as the Dutchmen were down early at 7-4. Then, with F&M up 13-11, LVC rattled off four consecutive points, capped by a Jess Attieh kill, to overtake the Dips at 14-13. The set stayed back-and-forth until when the Dutchmen were up 21-19, LVC scored the set's final four points to win it at 25-19 and even the match at 1-1.

The Dutchmen fought hard in the final two sets and kept up with F&M, but were unable to come back and fell 3-1.

Inside the Numbers
 - Attieh finished with 10 kills and four digs.
 - Jayna Class compiled nine kills, while Deshond added seven more, plus five digs.
 - Jensen Burnheimer recorded 28 assists for LVC to go along with 10 digs.
 - Erin Koons and Deshong notched three service aces apiece.
 - Emily Smeltz led the way in digs for the Dutchmen with 18, while Abbey Barnhart chipped in 12.
 - For F&M, Grace Maggiore led with 12 kills on 14 attacks, while Delaney Hahn (11) and Cassie Garison (10) were also in double digits in kills.

 What's Next?
The 2017 F&M Scramble concludes tomorrow when LVC takes on Penn State Altoona at 11 a.m. before battling York (Pa.) at 2:30 p.m.

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