ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The top-seeded Cedar Crest College volleyball team advanced to the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) championship match with a 3-0 triumph over No. 4 seed Keystone College on Thursday night at Lees Gymnasium.
The Falcons won by set scores of 25-10, 25-16, and 25-9.
The teams traded the first 12 points of the set before either could create separation. With the score tied 6-6, Cedar Crest scored six straight points, capped up by a service ace from junior
Rebekka Sanchez Castro (Columbia, Md./Atholton) to double up the Giants, 12-6, and finished on a 13-4 run to take the opening set, 25-10.
The beginning of the second set was tight as the teams split the first 22 points (11-11). A Cedar Crest service error began a 3-0 run to put Keystone up 13-11. The Falcons put together another long scoring run, this time a 14-3 run to come away with the 25-16 win.
Cedar Crest raced out to a huge lead in the third set, scoring 14 of the first 17 points. The margin never dipped below 10 as the Falcons captured the frame by the 25-9 score.
Junior
Maddison Minyo (Covington, Pa./North Penn-Mansfield) led the Falcons with 11 kills and five digs. First-year
Ellise Everett (Orlando, Fla./Lake Nona) added 10 kills and a team-high three blocks. Sophomore
Alexis Cummins (Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge) tallied eight kills and 11 digs. Junior
Ava Grapsy (Macungie, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) recorded 31 assists while classmate
Daja Jackson (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Gilbert) had 10 digs and a match-high six service aces. Sanchez-Castro finished with a team-high 13 digs.
Sophomore Adrianna Derrick (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and first-year Rebecca Jackson (Quakertown, Pa.) guided the Giants with five kills apiece. First-year Hannah Ankerbrand-Ochoa (Germantown, Md.) had 23 digs while first-year Hailey Herneisey (Middletown, Pa.) paced the Keystone defense with 11 digs.
Cedar Crest (12-8 overall) will battle No. 2 seed Notre Dame of Maryland University in the CSAC championship match on Saturday, November 5 at noon.
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