Lebanon Valley 3, Penn State Berks 1 (25-27, 25-19, 25-19, 25-22)

SCRANTON, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley Volleyball team picked up a pair of wins at the Marywood Tri-Match on Friday evening. LVC picked up a 3-1 win over Penn State Berks to start the night and would follow that up with a 3-0 sweep over Marywood in the nightcap. LVC improves to 5-5 on the season while the Lions drop to 5-6 and the Pacers down to 5-6 as well.

How It Happened

• The two teams started the match with a first set that needed to go into extra points as the teams were tied at 25. Berks would end up edging the Dutchmen in the first set by taking the final three points of the match.
• LVC would answer with back-to-back 25-19 sets to pull ahead 2-1 in the match. The Dutchmen only trailed once during those two sets and that came in the third set when Berks led 1-0.
• The fourth set went back-and-forth but late in the set when LVC trailed 22-21, the Dutchmen would rattle off four straight points to take the final set 25-22 and clinch the 3-1 victory.

Inside The Numbers

• Mikiah Sangrey finished with a game-high 16 kills for the Dutchmen. Reily Shelly added 15 kills of her own in the win.
• Ali Whitworth set a new career-high with 42 assists.
• Kasey Thomas led the Dutchmen with 17 digs. Ali Whitworth and Julia Rill added 13 and 11 respectively.

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Lebanon Valley 3, Marywood 0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-11)

How It Happened

• The Dutchmen dominated the Pacers from the first serve. LVC jumped out to an early lead and kept growing that advantage until winning the first set 25-13.
• After a convincing second-set victory, LVC would double up the Pacers and win the final set by 14 points by a 25-11 score to complete a dominant sweep.

Inside The Numbers

• The Dutchmen set a season-high mark with a .323 attack percentage.
• Mikiah Sangrey led LVC with 13 kills. Reily Shelly added 10 kills and Robyn Stepler chipped in with six.
• Ali Whitworth finished with 29 assists.
• Kasey Thomas collected 14 digs and Madison Kreider added 10 digs.
• The Dutchmen held a 10-6 advantage in service aces.
• LVC held an 8-2 block advantage.

 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen return home Thursday evening when they host Penn State Harrisburg in non-conference action. Game time in Sorrentino is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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