ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The Cedar Crest College volleyball team lost to Penn State Harrisburg, 3-0, on Saturday in United East Conference play at Lees Gymnasium.
The Falcons could not recover late, as the Lions scored the final seven points to take the first set 25-12. Earlier, Cedar Crest answered an 8-3 deficit with four straight points, getting a kill from first-year
Taylor Friel (Nazareth, Pa/Nazareth Area), a block by sophomore
Samantha Fitzpatrick (Royse City, Texas/Community), and an ace from first-year
Gabby Manygoats (Bloomfield, N.M./Navajo Preparatory School) ace to pull within 8-7.
The Falcons' main push in the second set came after Penn State Harrisburg went ahead 7-2, as a service error, Fitzpatrick's ace, a block by first-year
Gloria Slavik (Key West, Fla./Basilica) and sophomore
Kayla Duenkel (Central Square, N.Y./Bishop Grimes), and Duenkel's kill from Slavik brought Cedar Crest within 7-6. The Lions answered on the next point and later pulled away, with the Falcons getting a late kill from first-year
Kylie Heffner (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) before dropping the set 25-16.
Cedar Crest faced an early hole in the third set as Penn State Harrisburg built a 9-1 lead, including a stretch of service aces that kept the Falcons from settling in. Cedar Crest worked back to 16-12 behind kills from Heffner and Duenkel, a block involving Heffner and Manygoats, and a Slavik ace. The Lions finished the set 25-18.
Heffner paced the Falcons and finished with eight kills on 20 attacks while hitting .250 and added two digs. Slavik recorded 15 assists, seven digs, two service aces, and one block assist. Duenkel added four kills and two total blocks, including one solo block.
Senior Camryn Wettstone (Topsfield, Mass.) finished with 12 kills on a .429 hitting percentage and added three digs to lead Penn State Harrisburg. Senior Brianna Ondishin Ribon (Basking Ridge, N.J.) recorded nine kills, seven digs, and two total blocks. Sophomore Mollie Shadle (Marion Center, Pa.) tallied five service aces and four digs. Junior Mackenzy Miller (Pittsburgh, Pa.) added 13 assists, two aces and two digs.
Cedar Crest (4-14 overall, 1-6 United East) hits the road for a conference match at Cairn University on Tuesday, October 20 at 7:00 p.m. Penn State Harrisburg (12-6 overall, 6-0 United East) next hosts Keystone College on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m.
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