PHILADELPHIA – After winning the first two sets, the Holy Family University volleyball team found itself down 8-13 to Wilmington in the fifth. 
 
The Tigers responded with five unanswered, and after staving off three match points, HFU converted its fourth to prevail 21-19 in a crucial Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) matchup on Tuesday night in the Campus Center. 
 
It was Sam Swenby (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen (Loch Haven)) who sparked the fifth set comeback, tallying three consecutive kills to bring Holy Family with 12-13. 
 
A Jayden Bralts (Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter) kill tied it at 13, but Wilmington answered for its first match point at 13-14. 
 
Again it was Swenby coming through with a kill, and she then teamed with Natasha Yanief (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) for the Tigers' first match point. 
 
A Yanief kill gave the Tigers another match point at 16-15, but the Wildcats scored three of the next four points for two more match points at 16-17 and 17-18. 

Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) kills repelled both, and Ava Kidd (Walton, Ky./Larry A. Ryle (Saint Anselm)) kills gave HFU its final two match points at 19-18 and 20-19, which the Tigers finally converted on a WilmU error. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Swenby set a new career-best with nine kills, four of which came in the fifth set, on a match-high .304 hitting
  • She also led all players with four blocks 
• Maeve Boylan (Ridley Township, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) fell two digs shy of the program's single-match record with a new career-best of 34, which were 12 more than any other player
• Kinzer and Yanief had the match's two-highest totals with 18 and 12 kills, respectively
  • Kinzer's total was one shy of a career-best, while Yanief's was a new career-best
  • Kinzer added 12 digs for her fourth double-double of the year
• Four Tigers finished with double-digit digs, with Keira Rogan (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) and Kyla Sayson (Sewell, N.J./Gloucester Institute of Technology) setting new career-highs with 18 and 15, respectively
  • Sayson added a match-high 32 assists, one shy of a career-best, for her first career double-double
• Kidd made it three Tigers with double-digit kills as she finished with 10, while Bralts added seven

 
Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family held statistical advantages in every statistical category aside from blocks, but the Tigers allowed the Wildcats to hang around with 20 service errors
• HFU set season-highs in kills (59), assists (55) and digs (102), while falling one short in service aces (17)
  • The 102 digs were the Tigers' most over the last two seasons 

 
Up Next
Holy Family plays its second of three matches at home this week on Thursday, wrapping up its non-conference schedule when it hosts East Stroudsburg at 6 p.m.