ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The Cedar Crest College volleyball team lost to Gallaudet University, 3-0, (18-25, 12-25, 19-25) on Wednesday night at Lees Gymnasium in United East Conference action.
The Falcons put together a late four-point response after the Bison had gone ahead 23-13, with first-year
Autumn Clewell (Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton Area) recording a kill and sophomore
Jasmine Beck (Allentown, Pa./Building 21) contributing a block during the stretch to make it 23-17. Gallaudet stopped the push and closed the opening set 25-18, while Cedar Crest got multiple kills in the set from first-year
Gloria Slavik (Key West, Fla./Basilica), sophomore
Kayla Duenkel (Central Square, N.Y./Bishop Grimes), first-year
Taylor Friel (Nazareth, Pa/Nazareth Area), and Clewell.
After the Falcons tied the second set at 3-3 on Slavik's kill from Clewell, Gallaudet scored the next six points, including three service aces, to move ahead 9-3. Cedar Crest answered in spots, with first-year
Kylie Heffner (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) recording a kill and two service aces and Clewell adding two kills. The Bison finished the set by pulling away to a 25-12 decision.
A 13-8 deficit became 13-11 for the Falcons in the third set, using a Gallaudet service error and two more points on sophomore
Phoebe Pietila's (Hayesville, N.C./Hayesville) serve to get back within two. The Bison answered by moving the score to 21-11, leaving Cedar Crest to chase the set from a larger margin. Sophomore
Addison Losik (Big Piney, Wyo./Big Piney), Slavik, and Heffner each had late kills, and Slavik added an ace before the Gallaudet finished the set 25-19.
Heffner led the Falcons with six kills and eight points, adding two service aces, and six digs. Slavik finished with five kills, seven assists, two aces and six digs. Clewell recorded a team-high 13 assists and added four kills. Pietila collected a team-best 10 digs and had two assists.
Senior Brielle Worley (Amarillo, Texas) led the Bison with 13 kills and 14.0 points while adding eight digs. First-year Tori Harris (Stockbridge, Ga.) recorded a team-high 15 digs and added two assists. First-year Gracie Gloster (Clark, N.J.) finished with 25 assists, three service aces and two blocks. Senior Jada Zarembka (Riverside, Calif.) added nine kills and 12 digs.
Cedar Crest (4-13 overall, 1-5 United East) stays home to host Penn State Harrisburg on Saturday, October 17 at 1:00 p.m. Gallaudet (11-9 overall, 3-2 United East) returns home to play Washington Adventist University on Thursday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m.
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