GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – The HFU volleyball team played its first road match of 2023 at Adelphi on Wednesday, falling to the Panthers – a 2022 NCAA Tournament participant - in three sets (20-25, 17-25, 21-25). 
 
Individual Highlights

• Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) was the lone student-athlete with double-digit kills, and she led the Tigers with two blocks
• Keira Rogan (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) led all players with two aces
• Faith Zehnder (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) produced a team-high 12 digs, the match's second highest total 
• Natasha Yanief (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) added seven kills and seven digs 
• Morgan Steck (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) (11) and Kyla Sayson (Sewell, N.J./Gloucester Institute of Technology) (10) both had double-digit assists 

How it Happened
First Set

• Trailing by five six separate times, HFU pulled within two thrice late, including at 19-21, but Adelphi closed the set on a 1-5 run

Second Set

• The Panthers broke an early 6-6 tie with seven unanswered to take control

Third Set

• The Tigers attempted to stave off a sweep with 7-3 surge that got them as close as 21-22 on a Kinzer kill, but AU would score the final three points of the match

Up Next
Holy Family begins tournament play on Friday when it faces off with Queens and Molloy at Wilmington's Wildcat Regional Invitational.