The Lancaster Bible College women's volleyball team played its third match in less than 24 hours on Saturday afternoon, and came away with a 3-0 sweep of Shenandoah at the Horst Athletic Center. The 26-24, 25-18, 25-21 victory sends the Chargers to 16-12 overall this season, while the Hornets fell to 9-17.
 
How it Happened: The first set was tight throughout, though Shenandoah did build a 14-8 lead after taking eight of nine points. The Chargers responded immediately however, and rattled off the next 11 points to grab a 19-14 advantage. Aleah Heyworth had three kills during the run, while Faith Helman added an ace and served strong the whole run.
 
The Hornets wouldn't go away however, and tied the match at 23-23 after winning five straight points. The teams split the next two points, but Lancaster Bible got a kill from Cassidy King for its second set point, and finished it off with an ace from Ashtyn Bouslog.
 
Lancaster Bible jumped out to a 12-8 lead in the second set thanks to kills from Kate Smoker and aces from Bouslog. The Chargers wouldn't let Shenandoah crawl back into the set this time however, and built a 20-12 lead after another ace from Helman. Shenandoah had three late points to cut its deficit to six, but a service error gave the second set to the Chargers, 25-18.
 
The third set went back-and-forth the entire time, and Lancaster Bible finally pulled away towards the end, as a kill from Smoker and two Hornets errors gave the Chargers a 21-18 lead. Bekah Roberts had the two final kills for the Chargers, as the home team won, 25-21 in the final set.
 
Statistically Speaking: Lancaster Bible had 36 kills and 21 errors on 118 attempts for a .127 hitting percentage, while the Hornets had 31 kills and 25 errors on 123 attempts for a .049 hitting percentage…The Chargers also led, 57-51 in digs, while the Hornets held a 6-4 edge in blocks…Lancaster Bible had eight aces, giving them a total of 31 over the past 24 hours.
 
The Coach Says: "Today was a good bounce-back win after splitting our conference matches yesterday," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Micah Herron said. "We are trying to focus on our play, and not worry about the other side of the net. We are trying to play like we don't have many matches remaining, and we don't. Today is the only day that matters, and I thought we played like that today."
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is now 3-8 all-time against Shenandoah…This was the first meeting between the two teams since Oct. 10, 2015 when the Hornets defeated the Chargers, 3-0 in Winchester, Va…Lancaster Bible is now 6-2 at home this season…The Chargers have 263 service aces this season.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible travels across town on Wednesday to face Franklin & Marshall at 7 p.m.