PHILADELPHIA – After dropping the first set (19-25), the HFU volleyball team rallied to take the final three (25-21, 25-19, 25-18) for a crucial Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) win inside of the Campus Center on Wednesday night.
The Tigers notably ended the match on a 9-0 run on Jaden Bralts' serve, with
Morgan Steck (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) and
Ava Kidd (Walton, Ky./Larry A. Ryle (Saint Anselm)) both playing a part in multiple points.
Individual Highlights
- Steck led all players with 44 assists and added 12 digs for her third double-double of the season, while Kidd contributed 11 kills on .346 hitting
- Bralts paced Holy Family with a season-best 13 kills, while tying a match-high with three aces
- Leah Logan (Bloomfield, N.J./Abundant Life Academy) had double the amount of blocks as any other player with six, to go along with 10 kills on .533 hitting to sets new season-bests in both
- Kalia Espenlaub (New Market, Md./Saint John's Catholic Prep (Millersville)) was second on HFU with a season-high four blocks
- Cadence Palmer (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) topped the Tigers with 14 digs, while Brianna Moss (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) added a season-best nine
Inside the Box Score
- HFU dominated the net, doubling up GBC in blocks, 9-4, and the Tigers also registered 10 more digs, 57-47
- Holy Family's 50 kills tied a new season-high for a four-set match
How it Happened
- Goldey-Beacom took control of the first set with a 2-10 surge to go ahead 18-22
- The Lightning then led by as many as five early in the second, 4-9, only for HFU to use five unanswered featuring three Kidd kills to break a 13-13 tie
- Goldey-Beacom again led by five early in the third, 3-8, but Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) had two kills in a 3-0 stretch that broke a 15-15 deadlock to give the Tigers the lead for good
Up Next
Holy Family hosts the second of three matches at home this week on Friday when it welcomes Jefferson to the Campus Center for a 5 p.m. start.
