WILMINGTON, Del. – The HFU volleyball team pulled away in the fifth set for an important Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory (15-25, 25-23, 25-15, 19-25, 15-9) at Goldey-Beacom on Tuesday night.
Behind 7-8 in the decisive fifth, a
Kalia Espenlaub (New Market, Md./Saint John's Catholic Prep (Millersville)) kill sparked a run of six straight points that ended with a
Keira Rogan (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) service ace.
Individual Highlights
- Rogan tied a match-high with three aces and led Holy Family with 11 digs
- Mia Wise (Genoa, Ill./Genoa-Kingston) led all players with 57 assists, one shy of a career-best, and also had three aces
- Mackenzie Layton (Clarksboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional) topped HFU with a season-high 19 kills on .412 hitting, while Leah Logan (Bloomfield, N.J./Abundant Life Academy) fell one block shy of a match-best with five
- Four Tigers finished with double-digit kills and at least .250 hitting
- Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) – 14 on .294 hitting
- Espenlaub – 11 on .250 hitting
- Ava Kidd (Walton, Ky./Larry A. Ryle (Saint Anselm)) – 10 on .350 hitting
Inside the Box Score
- Holy Family's .319 hitting percentage was its second highest of the season
How it Happened
- HFU trailed by a set and 18-19 in the second before 5-1 surge ending with a Rogan ace sparked the comeback
- The Tigers would then tally five of the first six points of the third, highlighted by two Kinzer kills, and never trailed en route to a 2-1 lead
- Goldey-Beacom reversed coursed in the fourth though, scoring seven of the first eight points as it never trailed
Up Next
Holy Family returns home to host Bridgeport on Saturday at 12 p.m.
