The Lancaster Bible College women's volleyball team split two matches on Saturday in upstate New York, as the Chargers defeated Keuka, 3-2, and then lost to Wells, 3-2 in Keuka Park, N.Y. The Chargers are now 14-11 overall this season and 6-2 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play.
 
Lancaster Bible 3, Keuka 2
25-16, 25-14, 20-25, 18-25, 15-10
 
Quick Recap: Lancaster Bible cruised to a 2-0 lead, but ran into trouble in the third and fourth sets, and once again had to go to a fifth set to decide the match…Lancaster Bible jumped out to a 7-4 lead in the fifth set, and took a 13-8 lead in the final set on a kill from Aleah Heyworth…Lancaster Bible won the match a few points later on Cassidy King's 12^th kill of the match.
 
Statistically Speaking: Lancaster Bible had 47 kills and 34 errors on 164 attempts for a .079 hitting percentage, while Keuka had 32 kills and 22 errors on 147 attempts for a .068 hitting percentage…The Chargers held a 13-4 edge in aces, and an 85-69 advantage in digs…Each team had 10 blocks…Chloe King finished with 14 kills, while her sister Cassidy King had 12 kills, 20 digs, three blocks and two aces…Heyworth added eight kills and 18 digs, while Bekah Roberts had six kills and five blocks…Faith Heman had 41 assists and three blocks.
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is now 4-7 all-time against Keuka…The Chargers lost to the Wolves, 3-1 last season in Lancaster, Pa…Lancaster Bible is now 6-4 in true road matches this season…The Chargers are 4-1 in five-set matches this season, and have won four straight.
 
 
Wells 3, Lancaster Bible 2
17-25, 27-25, 24-26, 25-23, 15-5
 
Quick Recap: The Chargers took the first set, but blew a big lead in the second frame…Lancaster Bible recovered and won the third set, but dropped the fourth, and ultimately lost the fifth as well.
 
Statistically Speaking: Lancaster Bible had 54 kills and 29 errors on 176 attempts…Cassidy King led the Chargers with 19 kills, and added 15 digs…Aleah Heyworth had 14 kills and 18 digs, while Chloe King had 15 kills and six digs…Courtney Goyak added four kills, while freshman Faith Helman had a career-best 50 assists.
 
The Coach Says: "I liked our fifth set against Keuka, and thought we did a really good job over the first eight points to really take control," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Micah Herron said. "We had lots of youthful errors against Keuka, and certainly need to clean those up. That being said, we came out flat in the fifth set against Wells, and I wouldn't even say we were physically tired, but just need to be tougher mentally against a team like Wells. They hurt you if you aren't consistent, and we weren't throughout too many points. Overall, just need to keep improving, and I think we can compete against everyone."
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is now 6-3 all-time against Wells…The Chargers defeated the Express, 3-0 last season in Lancaster during the regular season, and then took down the Express, 3-2 in the NEAC Semifinals in early November…Lancaster Bible is 3-5 in neutral site matches this season…Helman is just the second player in program history to have 50 assists in a match, joining Hannah (Metzler) Derr, who did it four times, including the final time on Oct. 22, 2015 against Wesley.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible returns to the court on Friday in Washington, D.C., as the Chargers battle Morrisville State at 2 p.m., and then Cazenovia at 4 p.m…Both matches will be played at Gallaudet University.