PHILADELPHIA – The HFU women's volleyball team defeated fellow Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) unbeaten Jefferson (25-20, 26-24, 14-25, 25-21) on Wednesday evening, in a matchup of the previous two league champions.
 
Individual Highlights

• Isabella Mosquera (West Chicago, Ill./Saint Charles East) and Allyssa Hartney (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) had the match's two-highest block totals with six and a season-best four, respectively, and the two also led HFU in kills with 11 and nine
• Skylar Osenkarski (Harding, Pa./Holy Redeemer) posted a match-high .545 hitting percentage with six kills on 11 attacks, while Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) also had six kills
• Kyla Sayson (Sewell, N.J./Gloucester Institute of Technology) led all players with a season-best three aces
• Morgan Steck (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) led the Tigers with 33 assists, falling two digs shy of a double-double
• Faith Zehnder's (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) 15 digs were two shy of a match-high, while Mainerys Munoz (Stafford, Va./North Stafford) was one shy of joining her in double-digits

 
Inside the Box 

• Holy Family held an 8-2 advantage in blocks, as well as a 7-2 edge in aces
• While Jefferson had the slight edge in hitting percentage, .201-.195, HFU out-swung the Rams in each of the three sets it won

 
How it Happened
First Set

• A Sayson ace capped four unanswered to make the score 11-6, and Jefferson could get no closer than three

Second Set

• Neither team led by more than two until four straight HFU points, which featured back-to-back Hartney kills before a Kinzer ace, put the Tigers ahead 19-14
• Holy Family also led by five, 22-17, when two Hartney kills sandwiched one by Mosquera, and another Mosquera kill later gave the Tigers triple-set-point
• Jefferson staved off all three to knot the score at 24, but a Mosquera kill gave HFU a fourth set-point, which it converted via a Rams error

Third Set

• Jefferson scored five of the first six points and despite HFU getting as close as 4-5 on back-to-back Sayson aces, the Tigers could not threaten again after the Rams took the next five points

Fourth Set

• Jefferson responded from multiple early four-point deficits, including at 12-8, with an 8-2 surge to go ahead 14-16
• A Holy Family timeout regained the momentum as the Tigers took the next five points, capped by a Munoz service ace
• The Rams scored the next point to get as close as two, 19-17, but back-to-back kills by Kinzer and Osenkarski helped complete an 8-1 run that led to the HFU victory

 
Up Next
Holy Family begins a four-match home-stand on Saturday, when it welcomes Bridgeport to the Campus Center for a 1 p.m. start.