The Lancaster Bible College women's volleyball team defeated Dickinson for the second time this season on Thursday night, as the Chargers took down the Red Devils, 3-0 at Horst Athletic Center. The Chargers improved to 15-6 this season with the 28-26, 25-15, 25-17 victory.
 
Match Recap: The first set featured many scoring runs, as each team strung together points throughout the opening frame. The Red Devils took a 10-6 lead after winning five of six points early in the set.
 
The Chargers responded by winning five of seven points midway through the set, and trailed just 12-11 after kills from Aleah Heyworth and Ashtyn Bouslog sandwiched around an ace from Heyworth. Dickinson won the next two points, but the Chargers strung together another three straight points to tie the set at 14-14. Lancaster Bible eventually took a 22-21 lead after a kill from Courtney Goyak, but Dickinson won the next three points, and led 24-22 as the Chargers called timeout.
 
After the timeout, the Chargers got back-to-back kills from Goyak and Bouslog to tie the set at 24-24. Lancaster Bible fought off another set point, and then gave up a set point, as the match was tied 26-26 after a kill from Dickinson's Elise Butler. The Chargers were able to dig down, and got another kill from Goyak, followed by a tremendous service ace from Hannah Thompson, to take the set, 28-26.
 
The Chargers opened the second set on a 9-4 run, as Bekah Roberts ended the run with a kill. The Red Devils fought back and trailed just 15-12 after two straight errors from Lancaster Bible, but the Chargers reeled off the next seven points, capped by another ace from Thompson, and led 22-12. Lancaster Bible eventually finished off Dickinson in the second set, as an attack error from the Red Devils, gave the Chargers a 25-15 win.
 
The teams traded points to begin the third set, but trailing 10-9, the Chargers rattled off six straight points, and began to sense the victory. Roberts had two blocks during the run, while Thompson added yet another ace. Lancaster Bible increased its lead to 20-11, and  two late kills from Maelynne Patey, and a Dickinson error gave the match to the Chargers.
 
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 33 kills, while the Red Devils had 20…The Chargers had 11 team blocks, while Dickinson had three…The Red Devils led 56-54 in digs, while each team had nine aces…Roberts led the Chargers with seven kills and seven blocks, while Hannah Gipe had six kills and three digs…Heyworth finished with five kills and 11 digs, while Bouslog had five kills and two blocks…Goyak finished with four kills and four blocks, and Shuey had three kills, 24 assists, 10 digs and four blocks…Thompson had a team-best 19 digs and three aces.
 
The Coach Says: (Asked about beating a team for the second time this season, something the Chargers will have to do in the NEAC Playoffs in a few weeks.) "We have talked a lot about there being hurdles to climb, and some will be bigger than others, and beating a team twice in a season is something we are going to have to do if we are going to be successful in the postseason," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Micah Herron said. "We have been good at finding a way to overcome those hurdles, and tonight was a good test. We feel like when we take care of our side of the net, we can be successful."

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 2-1 all-time against Dickinson…The Chargers defeated the Red Devils, 3-1 on Sept. 1 at the Gettysburg Battlefield Classic to open the season…Dickinson defeated 16th ranked Johns Hopkins last week in Carlisle, Pa…Lancaster Bible is 6-1 at home this season…The 11 team blocks are the third time this season the Chargers have had double digit team blocks in a single match…Thursday marked the ninth time this season Lancaster Bible has swept an opponent…This is the earliest the Chargers have had 15 wins in a season since the 1989 campaign.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible returns to North Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday when the Chargers host Penn St. Abington at 11 a.m.