Arcadia def. Lebanon Valley 3-0 (19-25, 17-25, 18-25)

LVC Starters
Koons, Sides, Sheily, Attieh, Sholl, Class, Smeltz (L)

Arcadia Starters
Enfield, Elechko, Paliwodzinski, Ryan, Sehrt, Wilson, Eng (L)

How It Happened
GLENSIDE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley dropped a 3-0 match to Arcadia in the Flying Dutchmen's MAC Commonwealth opener on Wednesday night, Sept. 5. LVC fell to 1-4, 0-1 MAC Commonwealth, while the Knights improved to 4-1, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth.

In the opening set, things were close as a serving error by Arcadia brought LVC to within three points at 7-4. The Knights, however, rattled off four straight to take an 11-4 advantage, forcing the Dutchmen to burn a timeout. Later, with Arcadia ahead 13-5, LVC began to chip away and scored four straight points, including Jayna Class' service ace and a kill from Amanda Sides, to bring the Dutchmen to within four at 13-9. Arcadia had an answer later in the set and went on a 6-2 run to go up 19-11, guiding the Knights to a 25-19 opening-set win.

In the middle set, with the Dutchmen up 4-3, Jess Attieh notched a kill, followed by a service ace, and then Reily Shelly recorded a kill before an Arcadia attack error to take an 8-3 lead. Once again, though, the Knights responded, this time with six consecutive tallies to take a 9-8 advantage. The Dutchmen then went on a quick 3-0 spurt, led by Sides who registered a kill and a service ace, but the set of runs continued when the Knights scored four in a row to open up a 14-11 lead. For the remainder of the set, the Dutchmen were unable to get any closer and fell 25-17.

The third and final set was close early on with the Knights leading 9-7. Later, LVC made it 11-10, but a 3-0 run by Arcadia put it up by four at 14-10. The Dutchmen came to within three at 18-15 thanks to a service error, but were unable to get any closer and dropped the third set 25-17.

Inside the Numbers
 - Attieh finished with 10 kills, three solo blocks, two block assists, and six digs for LVC.
 - Sides ended with seven kills and a pair of digs.
 - Emily Smeltz paced the Dutchmen with 11 digs, while Shelly dug out eight balls.
 - Erin Koons led the way in assists with 17 while adding seven digs.
 - For Arcadia, Shannon Ryan led offensively with nine kills.

Who's Next?
LVC is set to host its annual Dutchmen Quad this weekend inside Sorrentino Gymnasium. The Dutchmen will take on Penn State Altoona on Friday night at 7 p.m., followed by Penn State Berks on Saturday at 11 a.m. and Franklin & Marshall at 2 p.m.

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