WILMINGTON, Del. – The HFU Volleyball Team prevailed in five sets (22-25, 25-21, 27-25, 23-25, 15-9) over top-seed Post in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Semifinal hosted at Goldey-Beacom on Saturday afternoon. 
 
The Tigers trailed for just one point in the decisive fifth, at 0-1, before coming back with six of the next seven as both Morgan Marziani-Radomski (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) and Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) recorded aces. 
 
When the Eagles made it 6-3, Mackenzie Layton (Clarksboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional) recorded four straight kills for a 10-3 edge. 
 
Post got as close as three on three occasions, but Holy Family would end the match with the final three points as a Keira Rogan (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) service ace sent the Tigers to the final. 
 
Up Next
HFU advances to its first CACC Championship Match since 2021, where it will take on #2N seed Bridgeport at Goldey-Beacom on Sunday at 12 p.m. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Layton led Holy Family with 23 kills and a match-high three aces
• Kinzer added 19 kills and a match-high 22 digs, a new career-best
  • The senior now ranks eighth in program history with 1,041 career kills
• Mia Wise (Genoa, Ill./Genoa-Kingston) topped all players with 57 assists, one shy of a career-best, to go along with 10 digs for her ninth double-double of the season
  • The freshman's 1,226 assists this year rank third in the program's single-season history
• Kalia Espenlaub (New Market, Md./Saint John's Catholic Prep (Millersville)) was also in double-figures with 10 kills, while topping the Tigers with three blocks
• Leah Logan (Bloomfield, N.J./Abundant Life Academy) had three blocks as well, to go along with seven kills
• Ava Kidd (Walton, Ky./Larry A. Ryle (Saint Anselm)) contributed nine kills

 
Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family set new season-highs with 68 kills and 65 assists

 
How it Happened

• HFU led 22-20 in the first set following kills from Kidd and Kinzer, only to have Post rattle off the final five points
• The Tigers never trailed in the second, breaking a 20-20 tie with five of the final six points thanks to three errors from the Eagles
• Holy Family then staved off four sets points in the third, closing on a 6-1 flurry as Layton produced both a kill and a service ace in the stretch
• The Tigers carried that momentum in the fourth, scoring the first five points on Marziani-Radomski's serve as Kinzer tallied two kills, but Post would close the set on a 2-6 run to send the match to a fifth