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Box Score

Holy Family HFU 7-3 CACC, 13-8

USciences USCIENCE 5-6 CACC, 8-13

Holy Family HFU

7-3 CACC, 13-8

Final

Oct. 22, 2019

USciences USCIENCE

5-6 CACC, 8-13

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Holy Family HFU	22	26	25	18	15	(3)
USciences USCIENCE	25	24	21	25	11	(2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/22/2019 12:00:00 AM

Tigers Edge Devils in Five Sets

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Goldey-Beacom College

10/24/2019 | 6:00 p.m.

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Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University women's volleyball team went the distance with city rival University of the Sciences in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest and came away with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night.

Score: Holy Family 3, USciences 2
Records: Holy Family (13-8, 7-3 CACC) | USciences (8-13, 5-6 CACC)
Location: Philadelphia, Pa.

Match Recap

* Holy Family scored six of the final seven points in the fifth and decisive set to complete the season sweep over its city rival. Trailing 10-9, the Tigers took advantage of a ball handling error by the Devils that tied the set. Junior Camille Johnson (Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake) followed with a kill to give the Tigers the lead and then freshman Maeve Boylan (Ridley Township, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) recorded back-to-back aces to give the team a 13-10 advantage. Junior Carly Covington (Delmar, Md./Delmar) notched her 24^th kill of the match before the Devils halted the Tigers run with a kill from Tori Wright to make the score 14-11. A service error on the ensuing serve by USciences gave the Tigers the 15-11 set victory.

* Holy Family won the second and third sets after dropping the opening set to the Devils, 25-22. The Tigers won the second set 26-24 and then took set three by the score of 25-21. Holy Family recorded a combined 30 kills in the two sets, including a match-high 16 in the third set. Covington recorded 13 of her match-high 24 kills in the two sets.

* USciences took the fourth set by the score of 25-18 to force a fifth set.

News and Notes

* It was a career night for Covington as she totaled 24 kills marking the third time this season she has set a new career-best in kills. It's also the third time in the last four matches that she has totaled 20-plus kills. Covington also finished the night with a team-high 23 digs; two shy of her career-high.

* Freshman Allyssa Hartney (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) finished with 14 kills as she has recorded double-digit kills in three straight matches.

* Senior Gianna Pesognelli (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle), fresh off recording her 1,000^th career kill, finished with 11 kills to go along with eight total blocks, including seven block assists. Her seven block assists set a career-high and brings her career total to 190; four shy of the program record. Pesognelli is currently tied with former standout Rebecca Tett (2008-11) for second on the all-time list.

* Senior Jillian Boyle (North Andover, Mass./North Andover (Rivier College)) totaled 20 digs on the defensive side. She also had seven assists and a team-high four aces.

* Sophomore Morgan Silks (Norristown, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll) paced the offense with a match-high 46 assists to go along with 14 digs.

* Jade Bryant and Tori Wright each recorded 15 kills to lead the Devils' offense. Wright also totaled a team-high 14 digs.

* As a team, Holy Family recorded 60 kills marking the third time this season the Tigers finished a match with 60-plus kills.

* The win tonight extended the Tigers' season-long winning streak to five matches.

All-Time Series
Tonight marked the 35^th meeting between Holy Family and USciences since the start of the 2003 season. The Tigers have won the last seven matches in the series and are now 22-13 versus the Devils.

Next Up
Holy Family returns to action on Thursday, Oct. 24 as the Tigers host Goldey-Beacom College in a CACC contest. Match time is set for 6 p.m. at the Campus Center Gymnasium.

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