WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Cedar Crest College volleyball team defeated Penn College, 3-0, in its final match of the season on Saturday morning at Bardo Gymnasium. The Falcons totaled 34 kills and 14 service aces while the Wildcats finished with 22 kills and six aces.
Cedar Crest broke open the first set with an eight-point surge, moving from a 12-11 edge to a 20-11 lead as first-year
Gloria Slavik (Key West, Fla./Basilica) served seven straight points. Slavik had two aces during that stretch, and first-year
Kylie Heffner (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) added two kills to help the Falcons build separation. Penn College cut into the margin late, but Cedar Crest closed the set on Slavik's kill from first-year
Jasmine Holland (Wind Gap, Pa./Pen Argyl Area) for a 25-21 win.
The Falcons used sophomore
Samantha Fitzpatrick's (Royse City, Texas/Community) late service turn to separate in the second set, scoring four straight points after going ahead 20-19 to reach 24-19. Fitzpatrick had aces at 21-19 and 23-19, while the Wildcats committed two setting errors in the same stretch. Penn College stopped the run with a kill and then Cedar Crest took the set 25-20 on a service error.
The Falcons closed the third set with senior
Jasmine Beck's (Allentown, Pa./Building 21) kill from Slavik, finishing off a 25-23 set win after the Wildcats had pulled within 24-23. Earlier, Cedar Crest answered an early 3-1 deficit with first-year
Taylor Friel's (Nazareth, Pa/Nazareth Area) kill, a Heffner ace, and a Wildcats attack error to move in front. Sophomore
Kayla Duenkel (Central Square, N.Y./Bishop Grimes), Heffner and Friel each added multiple kills in the set as the Falcons held on late.
Friel led Cedar Crest with nine kills, six service aces and 15.0 points while adding 11 digs. Slavik finished with 24 assists, nine digs, four kills and two aces. Heffner added six kills, three aces and 10 digs. Duenkel recorded eight kills on 18 attacks while hitting .278.
For Penn College, first-year Avani Rainier (Williamsport, Pa.) recorded a team-high six kills and matched the team lead with nine digs. Sophomore Sara Seyfert (Nazareth, Pa.) finished with seven assists, two aces, six digs and three block assists. First-year Samantha Prisco (Milford, Pa.) added four kills and three total blocks, including one solo block. First-year Callie Riddle (Spring Mills, Pa.) collected nine digs and served two aces.
The match marked the end of the season for both Cedar Crest (5-16 overall, 2-8 United East) and Penn College (0-27 overall, 0-10 United East).
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