LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The Holy Family University volleyball team extended its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament appearance streak to 16 with a sweep of Georgian Court (25-20, 25-23, 25-23) on Tuesday evening.
Individual Highlights
- Allyssa Hartney (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) was one of two players in double-figures for kills with 11, ending the night 1047 for her career to move into seventh in program history
- Isabella Mosquera (West Chicago, Ill./Saint Charles East) added seven kills while leading all players with five blocks to move into fourth in the program's single-season history with 86
- Her 60 block assists this year are fifth all-time
- Skylar Osenkarski's (Harding, Pa./Holy Redeemer) three block assists moved her into seventh in program history with 147 for her career
- She added nine kills on a match-high .529 hitting
- Morgan Steck (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) posted a match-high 26 assists
- Faith Zehnder (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) (13) and Brianna Moss (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) (career-high 10) both recorded double-digit digs for two of the match's three-highest totals, with Mainerys Munoz (Stafford, Va./North Stafford) adding nine
Inside the Box
- HFU outhit GCU.170-.027, the third-lowest percentage by a Tigers opponent this season
- Holy Family out-blocked the Lions 8-2
How it Happened
First Set
- The Tigers used nine unanswered to establish a 15-7 advantage and take control, with Osenkarski contributing 3.5 points in the stretch
- Georgian Court staved off three set points before a Zoe Krause (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point) kill converted the fourth
Second Set
- Neither team led by more than two until Osenkarski and Hartney teamed for a block, forcing a GCU timeout, and Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) came out of it with an ace for a 19-16 advantage
- The Lions would tie it at 22-22 with a run of three straight points, but a GCU error and Krause and Mosquera block gave HFU set point
- The Lions killed off the first but after a timeout, again it was a Kruase that ended the set with a kill
Third Set
- Georgian Court took a set-high four-point lead at 14-18 after seven unanswered, but Hartney played a part in back-to-back points to cap three straight to spark a set-ending 11-5 surge
- Osenkarski and Kinzer teamed for a block to put the Tigers ahead 23-22 and after the Lions momentarily tied it back up, back-to-back kills by Osenkarski and Kinzer secured the sweep
Up Next
Holy Family hosts Bloomfield in its home finale on Saturday at 12 p.m.
Prior to the match, the Tigers will honor their senior class of Hartney, Osenkarski, Munoz and
Maeve Boylan (Ridley Township, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara).
