NEW CASTLE, Del. – After seeing a comeback effort versus Queens fall short (21-25, 19-25, 25-20, 19-25), the HFU women's volleyball team responded by sweeping Molloy (25-21, 25-18, 25-20) on Friday during the first day of Wilmington's Wildcat Regional Invitational. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Morgan Steck (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) became the eighth student-athlete in program history to surpass 1,000 career assists
• Natasha Yanief (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) led the Tigers with a career-high 11 kills on .409 hitting and three blocks in the victory, after falling one short of a career-best with nine kills in match one
• Freshmen Keira Rogan (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) and Reya Taylor (Mullica Hill, N.J./Camden Catholic) paced HFU with 10 digs and three blocks, respectively, both new season-highs
• Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) also finished with 11 kills in the win, on .250 hitting, after tallying 10 in the opener
• Ashley Petrasovic (Queens, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy Memorial) more than doubled her career-best in kills in the triumph with nine on .333 hitting
• Ava Kidd (Walton, Ky./Larry A. Ryle (Saint Anselm)) made it four Tigers with at least eight kills as she recorded eight on .312 hitting
  • She added three blocks as well, after leading all players with five against Queens
• Kyla Sayson (Sewell, N.J./Gloucester Institute of Technology) and Steck led the balanced attack with 18 and 17 assists, respectively
  • Steck set a new career-high with five kills versus Queens, while Sayson tied a season-best with three aces
• Maeve Boylan (Ridley Township, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) led all players with four aces against Queens, while also posting double-digit digs
• Faith Zehnder (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) finished second in the Queens match with 16 digs, while Abby Bachman (Westampton, N.J./Rancocas Valley) tied a season-high with three blocks

 
Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family set new season-bests with 44 kills, 41 assists and a .337 hitting percentage in the victory 
• In an even match statistically against Queens, the Knights' .152-.068 edge in hitting percentage turned out to be the main difference 

 
How it Happened
Molloy

• Tied for a ninth time in the first at 21-21, HFU closed out the opening set with the final four points, both beginning and ending with a Kinzer point
• Trailing 3-4, the Tigers took control with five unanswered that included both Yanief and Petrasovic taking part in three points
• This time HFU was down 4-5, but again it was five straight points that gave the Tigers control as back-to-back points by Kidd helped lead to the eventual sweep

Queens

• Holy Family led by as many three thrice in the opening set, including at 14-11, but Queens would close on a 7-14 run
• The Tigers jumped out to 6-3 lead in the second thanks to four straight points, three of which Bachman played a part in, but the Knights answered with seven of the next eight and would not trail again
• In the third, Queens tallied the first six points, led by as many as 10 and was still up 10-17 until HFU stormed back with a set-ending 15-3 surge that featured four kills from Yanief
• The Tigers again erased an early deficit in the fourth, this one 1-5, coming back to take a 10-9 advantage thanks to four consecutive points, two of which were Boylan aces, but the Knights were finally able to pull away thanks to four successive points of their own that gave them the lead for good

 
Up Next
Holy Family wraps up play in Wilmington's Wildcat Regional Invitational tomorrow, facing Kutztown at 2 p.m.