GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University women's volleyball team opened the Arcadia Invitational with a pair of victories, starting the day with a 3-0 win over Rutgers-Newark before closing the day's action with a 3-1 win over Misericordia. The Knights evened their record at 11-11 with the two wins.
 
ARCADIA 3, RUTGERS-NEWARK 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-22)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: The first set was tight from the opening whistle as neither team led by more than a point until the Knights used a three-point run started and capped by kills from freshman Shannon Ryan to take a 9-6 lead. The visitors battled back to tie the set at 10 before three kills in a row to open a 13-10 advantage they would not relinquish. Sophomore Brionna Cox finished a game-ending three point run with a service ace.
 
Rutgers-Newark opened the second set with a 7-1 run, but the Knights pulled back within one at 11-10 following a three-point run that included kills from Cox and fellow sophomore Katie Wilson. Cox later capped a 10-2 to close out the game, which was capped by a kill from Ryan for the 25-21 final.
 
The two teams exchanged scoring surges throughout the third game before the Knights pulled away with a five-point run to jump out to a 21-17 lead. A kill from Wilson started that run, and she later ended the set with a kill to complete Arcadia's sweep.
 
ARCADIA LEADERS: Joseph led Arcadia with 11 kills while hitting 36-percent, followed by Ryan with nine kills, and four blocks. Stengel handed out 34 assists for the Knights while also totaling three kills and eight digs, while freshman Emily Eng had a team-high 17 digs.
 
RUTGERS-NEWARK LEADERS: Tabitha Davis led the way with eight kills, while Morgan Schweitzer chipped in with six kills and eight digs. Sue Reilly led the team defensively with 15 digs.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Arcadia outscored Rutgers-Newark (11-10) 58-31 in the match, with a 46-24 advantage in kills and a 6-1 margin in blocks. The Knights hit 18-percent in the match after hitting 33-percent in the final set.
 
ARCADIA 3, MISERICORDIA 1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-15)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: The Knights managed to build a 16-12 in the first set following a kill from sophomore Becca Campf, but were unable to hang on as the Cougars scored 11 of the next 13 points to take a 23-18 lead before taking the set 25-21. Misericordia led for most of the second game and was up 22-20 after a kill by Megan Collins, but that proved to be the final point it would score in the set as Wilson's kill that followed started a five-point Arcadia run to close the set. Sophomore Sam Dulak ended the set with an ace, her third in a four-point span during that run.
 
The two teams went back and forth throughout the third set before senior MaKenna Micklus started a four-point run that gave Arcadia a 20-18 lead. The teams exchanged points from there before a Kill by Micklus and an ace from Campf secured a 25-22 win that gave the Knights a 2-1 lead in the series. Arcadia used a series of three and four-point runs in the fourth and final set as they cruised to a 25-15 win.
 
ARCADIA LEADERS: Campf hit 55-percent after totaling 12 kills on 22 attempts, while Ryan posted a double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs. Joseph totaled 11 kills, while Wilson hit 58-percent with eight kills and one error on 12 attempts. Stengel had 37 assists, while Eng totaled 25 digs.
 
MISERICORDIA LEADERS: Michelle Sehested posted a double-double with a match-high 15 kills and 14 digs to lead the Cougars (7-19), while Tara Welliver added 10 kills. Nicole Tagerty haded out 37 assists with 12 digs.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Arcadia outscored Misericordia 70-52 while hitting 27 percent as a team. The Knights had a 50-41 advantage in kills and a 7-0 advantage in blocks.