The Lancaster Bible College Women's Volleyball team played their first road conference game at Penn St. Abington on Tuesday night, sweeping the Lions 3-0 and winning their fifth straight contest. The Chargers are now 12-6 overall and improve to 3-0 in United East play, while the Lions drop to 8-11 overall and 0-2 in conference.
How it Happened:
Madeline Reed got the Chargers started with a service ace on the first point, sparking a 13-1 opening run supplemented by three more aces from senior
Chloe King. The Chargers rolled through the rest of the first set to earn a 25-8 win.
Abington played the Chargers much closer in the second set, trading points with LBC and putting several kills past the defense. Kills from King and
Lea Sareyka helped the Chargers create separation in the middle of the set, then
Morgan Fenstermacher had several kills to put LBC over the top and round out set two 25-18.
The Chargers fell behind early in set three, with the Lions opening with four straight points. Kills from
Faith Hammond and aces from Hammond and
Leah Helman brought the Chargers storming back to take a 9-8 lead. From there, a six-point run powered by several kills and aces from red jerseys gave LBC some breathing room, but Abington cut the deficit back to four points late in the set. It was
Chloe King that knocked back-to-back kills to finish out set three 25-19 and lead the Chargers to a sweep of Penn St. Abington.
From the Coach: "It was a good effort tonight. We served tough to get them out of system. Always nice to win on the road!" –
Head Coach Julie Brubaker
By the Numbers:
- The Chargers landed 16 service aces to the Lions' three and led in kills, 37-15
- Senior hitters
Chloe King and
Morgan Fenstermacher led the way with 10 kills each
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Faith Hammond and
Lea Sareyka added seven and six kills respectively
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Leah Helman had 13 digs and
Madeline Reed dished 34 assists
- The Lions were led by Kayla Mason with four kills and four digs
Information to Know:
The Chargers improve to 11-1 all-time against Penn St. Abington and have won three in a row over the Lions. Lancaster Bible has won five consecutive games for the first time since 2022 when they won nine straight games from Sept. 28 to Oct. 13. This is also the first time the Chargers have started 3-0 in conference play since 2019. Senior
Chloe King moved into 8
th in program history in kills tonight, passing Myranda Kemrer ('18) and now sitting at 663 career kills. King also set a season-high in aces with five tonight and recorded her ninth game of 10+ kills this season.
Up Next:
The Chargers will travel up the highway to face conference foe Penn St. Berks in a tri-match that also sets them up with Montclair State in Reading, Pa. The first match is set to begin at 12:00 p.m.
