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Brianna Moss about the serve, as the ball is in the air
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Holy Family HFam 9-18,6-9 CACC
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Winner Georgian Court GC 17-9,13-2 CACC
Holy Family HFam
9-18,6-9 CACC
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Final
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Georgian Court GC
17-9,13-2 CACC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Holy Family HFam 25 25 21 19 11 (2)
Georgian Court GC 20 23 25 25 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball Suffers Five Set Heartbreak at CACC Leader Georgian Court

PHILADELPHIA – The HFU volleyball team nearly pulled off the season sweep of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) leader Georgian Court, winning the first two sets only to suffer a comeback defeat at the Lions on Wednesday night. 
 
GCU never trailed in the decisive fifth as there was only one tie at 1-1. The Tigers got within one, 4-5, with back-to-back points, only for the Lions to pull away with the following five. 
 
Individual Highlights
  • Cadence Palmer (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) led all players with 18 digs and a season-high six aces
    • Brianna Moss (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) added a career-best four aces
  • Leah Logan (Bloomfield, N.J./Abundant Life Academy) posted a match-high five blocks, while Ava Kid and Kalia Espenlaub (New Market, Md./Saint John's Catholic Prep (Millersville)) (season-high) both had four
  • Morgan Steck (Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood) led all players with 41 assists and tallied 13 digs for her third consecutive double-double
  • Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) paced HFU with 15 kills on .350 hitting, while Jayden Bralts (Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter) added 14
 
Inside the Box Score
  •  Both team recorded 75 points
    • Holy Family more than doubled up GCU in blocks, 9-4, but the Lions had 10 more kills, 48-58
  • The Tigers also held advantages in both aces (season-high),18-13, and digs, 59-56
 
How it Happened
  • Trailing 14-15 in the first set, HFU took control with a 6-2 surge that featured three service aces, two of which were by Palmer and the third by Moss
  • Georgian Court erased a 19-6 deficit to actually go ahead 22-23 in the second, only for the Tigers to regroup with the final three points
  • It was HFU nearly erasing a large deficit in the third set, 8-16, as the Tigers got as close as 20-21 on back-to-back points by Bralts, only for the Lions to close strong
  • Georgian Court then scored the first six points of the fourth en route to forcing a fifth set
 
Up Next
Holy Family closes out its season on Saturday when it hosts Chestnut Hill at 12 p.m. Prior to the match, the Tigers will honor the senior class of Steck and Moss. 
 
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