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Members of HFU volleyball celebrate on the court after a win
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Queens (NY) Queens 3-5,0-0 ECC
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Winner Holy Family HFam 3-1,0-0 CACC
Queens (NY) Queens
3-5,0-0 ECC
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Final
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Holy Family HFam
3-1,0-0 CACC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Queens (NY) Queens 20 29 25 23 (1)
Holy Family HFam 25 31 20 25 (3)
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Winner Holy Family HFam 4-1,0-0 CACC
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Southern Conn. St. SCSU 4-1,0-0 NE10
Winner
Holy Family HFam
4-1,0-0 CACC
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Final
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Southern Conn. St. SCSU
4-1,0-0 NE10
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Holy Family HFam 22 25 25 25 (3)
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 25 23 16 18 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball Defeats Queens and Southern Connecticut State

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The HFU volleyball team picked up two victories, defeating both Queens (25-20, 31-29, 20-25, 25-23) and host Southern Connecticut State (22-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-18) in a tri-match on Saturday afternoon. 
 
Individual Highlights
  • Shelby Kinzer (Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington) led both matches in kills, totaling 36 on the day, highlighted by posting a career-best 21 on .386 hitting in the win over Queens
    • She also topped the Tigers in aces in both matches, totaling seven, including leading all players with four in the victory over SCSU
  • Mia Wise (Genoa, Ill./Genoa-Kingston) led both matches in assists, totaling 84, highlighted by recording a season-best 48 in the nightcap
    • She added 13-plus digs in both matches to register her first two collegiate double-doubles
  • Gianna DiPilato (Verbank, N.Y./Millbrook) paced HFU with 14 digs in the opener, before Cadence Palmer (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) led the Tigers with 17 in the win over the Owls 
  • Ava Kidd (Walton, Ky./Larry A. Ryle (Saint Anselm)) had a team-high four blocks in the victory in the nightcap
  • Mackenzie Layton (Clarksboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional) joined Kinzer in reaching double-digit kills in both matches, finishing with 26, including a season-best 16 in the victory over SCSU
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Holy Family set new season-highs in with 63 kills and 61 assists in the win over the Knights, before posting season-bests of 62 digs and eight blocks in the nightcap
 
How it Happened
  • After winning its first set of the day, HFU staved off five Queens set points in the second to go ahead 2-0 when kills by Kinzer and Layton sandwiched a Leah Logan (Bloomfield, N.J./Abundant Life Academy) block 
  • The Tigers then overcame a late 18-19 deficit in the fourth, ending the match on a 7-4 surge that featured two kills from Kinzer
  • Against SCSU, HFU again rallied from an 18-19 deficit, this time to avoid going down 0-2, with a 7-4 run that included two points from Logan
  • The Tigers would cap their 2-0 day with their two most dominating sets, 25-16 and 25-18
 
Up Next
Holy Family hosts Goldey-Beacom for its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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