GLENSIDE, Pa. - The Arcadia University women's volleyball program completed a sweep of its five-match homestand - with all matches coming as three-set victories - in Wednesday night's win over Delaware Valley in MAC Freedom play.
Michelle Frank paced the offense yet again with a match-high 13 kills while Estefania Martinez-Sola added 30 assists and a pair of service aces.
HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Knights raced out to a quick five-point lead in the opening set to take control early, but a 7-1 Aggie run cut the deficit to just three at 18-15. However, Arcadia bounced back in a big way to take the final seven points of the set to take a 25-15 victory as
Nicole Dallara sparked the run with a kill and a pair of service aces.
-Delaware Valley rallied in the second set to take a 16-15 lead in the middle stages before a 6-0 Arcadia run followed by five-straight Aggie points saw the two sides arrive at a 21-all stalemate. Arcadia took advantage of a pair of Aggie errors before Dallara sealed the 25-22 victory with consecutive kills to give the Knights a two-set advantage.
-After the Aggies took an early one-point lead to open the third set, the Knights put the match away with a 14-1 run to take a 12-point lead, 18-6.
Danielle Fedorchak,
Danielle Doyle,
Katie Paoli, Dallara, Frank, and Martinez-Sola all registered kills over that stretch while
Mandy Singleton provided a service ace.
Natalie Maston also logged an ace late in the set before Paoli capped off the Knights' fifth-straight victory with a kill on match point.
KNIGHT LEADERS
-Kills: Frank 13, Dallara 9
-Aces: Frank 3, Singleton/Martinez-Sola 2
-Blocks: Doyle/Martinez-Sola
-Assists: Martinez-Sola 30
-Digs: Kraft 19, Singleton 10
UP NEXT
Arcadia (8-6, 3-1 MAC Freedom) heads to Gwynedd Mercy Saturday for a tri-match with the host Griffins and Notre Dame of Maryland University.
