ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley College women's volleyball team played Marywood University incredibly tight in a tough 3-0 defeat to the Pacers on Tuesday evening at Sorrentino Gymnasium in Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom action.
The Pacers (20-2, 3-2 MAC Freedom) won by set scores of 25-23, 25-18, and 25-22. Marywood scored the first point of the match and built an early 7-4 advantage. The Dutchmen (10-8, 2-2 MAC Freedom) began to battle back in the set using back-to-back kills from
Riley Mack to cut the deficit to 9-7. The teams continued to trade points as the Pacers kept their two-point advantage until back-to-back points from
Hadley Sparks and Mack made it 15-14. LVC continued to battle and eventually tied the set at 21-all. A
Libby Lindau point made it 22-22 before the Pacers scored the next two points. Mack kept the set alive for the Dutchmen before Marywood was able to score the point they needed to win the set 25-23.
Marywood came out strong to begin the second set, winning the first two points. LVC stayed close, keeping the deficit down to one or two points until a three-point run for Marywood pushed the lead to 10-6. The Dutchmen responded with a Lindau block and a
Natalie Huck service ace to cut the deficit in half. After Marywood scored the next two points, LVC used a 5-1 run to even the set at 13-all. The run continued for the Dutchmen as Sparks put away a point and then served up an ace to give the squad their first lead of the match at 15-14. Marywood countered with a 7-1 run to retake the lead. They closed out the set scoring four of the final six points to go up 2-0.
LVC started the third set with four consecutive points and built a 6-3 advantage. They were able to keep the three-point lead until the Pacers used a 6-2 rally that gave Marywood a 14-13 advantage. Marywood continued their run and built the lead up to 19-15. LVC refused to quit and evened the set at 21 behind points from
Ellie Baldrige, Mack, and
Jasmine Sullivan. The Pacers countered with the next three points and took the set 25-22.
Inside the Box
- Mack finished with a team-high 13 kills, while adding 2 digs.
- Sparks was also in double digits with 10 kills, one ace, and 10 digs.
- Sullivan dished out a match-high 32 assists to go with six digs and one ace.
- Molly Thomas had a team-high 13 digs while adding three assists.
- Lindau was efficient with four kills on nine attacks and recorded three total blocks.
Up Next
The Dutchmen will be back in Sorrentino Gymnasium on Saturday, October 17, as they host Albright College and Montclair State University in a tri-match. LVC will take on Albright at 12 p.m. in the first match of the day.
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