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VB - Skylar vs Lions
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0
USciences SCI 7-12, 7-9
3
Winner Holy Family HFU 21-3, 16-0
USciences SCI
7-12, 7-9
0
Final
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Holy Family HFU
21-3, 16-0
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
USciences SCI 13 18 24 (0)
Holy Family HFU 25 25 26 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Tigers Shutdown City Rival Devils, 3-0



Philadelphia, Pa. – The Holy Family University women's volleyball team made quick work of city rival University of the Sciences as the Tigers defeated the Devils, 3-0, to complete the season sweep in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action on Thursday night at the Campus Center Gymnasium.
 
Score: Holy Family 3, USciences 0 (25-13, 25-18, 26-24)
Records: Holy Family (21-3, 16-0 CACC) | USciences (7-12, 7-9 CACC)
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. (Campus Center Gymnasium)
 
How It Happened
 
* Junior Maeve Boylan (Ridley Township, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) set the tone of the first set as she recorded back-to-back aces to jump start the match.  The Tigers opened with a 10-2 run and never looked back.  Holy Family recorded 11 kills in the set with a match-best attack percentage of .321.  The Tigers totaled six of their eight aces in the opening set. The team led by as many as 12 points twice in the set with the latter coming at 25-13 for the win.
 
* In the second set the Tigers trailed momentarily at 2-1 before ripping off five straight points to take the lead for good.  The Holy Family offense recorded a match-high 16 kills in the set with a .316 attack percentage. Senior Camille Johnson (Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake) totaled four kills in the set, while junior Allyssa Hartney (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) and sophomore Natasha Yanief (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) each had three kills.  Holy Family led by as many as seven points at 14-7 before taking the set, 25-18.
 
* USciences scored six of the first seven points in the third set and led majority of the way.  The Devils led 21-16 late but after a timeout the Tigers recorded three straight points thanks to two kills by junior Skylar Osenkarski (Harding, Pa./Holy Redeemer) and an ace by senior Morgan Silks (Norristown, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll) to make the score 21-19.  The Devils answered with the next two points to cause the Tigers to call another timeout.  Outside the timeout, the Tigers went on a mini 4-0 run to tie the set at 23-23.  Osenkarski contributed another two kills in the run.  The Devils regained the lead with a kill from Natalia Velez, however Osenkarski struck again with her fifth kill of the set to tie the game.  The Devils followed with a ball handling error and the Tigers clinched the set and match off a Johnson kill. 
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* Johnson led the Tigers with nine kills to go along with a .381 attack percentage after making just one error on 21 attempts. Osenkarski contributed eight kills with a .500 attack percentage. 
 
* Senior Carly Covington (Delmar, Md./Delmar) and Hartney each finished with seven kills.
 
* Sophomore Faith Zehnder (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) led the match with 18 digs, while freshman Morgan Steck (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) finished with 12 digs.  Boylan added eight digs and three aces.
 
* Silks finished with a match-high 38 assists to go along with five digs.
 
* For the Devils, Velez recorded a match-high 13 kills to go along with a team-best 14 digs.
 
All-Time Series
Tonight marked the 37th meeting between Holy Family and USciences since the start of the 2003 season.  The Tigers are now 24-13 versus the Devils in the all-time series.  Holy Family has won the last nine meetings in the series.
 
Regular Season Champions
The win tonight gave the Tigers the CACC South Division Regular Season Title outright. It marks the program's fifth South Division Title and third in four seasons.  
 
Next Up
Holy Family returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 6 as the Tigers host Nyack College in the final home regular season contest of the season.  Match time is set for 12 p.m.  Prior to the match the Tigers will recognize its senior class in part of Senior Day Festivities.
 
 
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