YORK, Pa. – Freshman
Emily Hepner (Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) led the Lycoming College volleyball team with 38 digs and sophomore
Catherine Burger (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) crossed 1,000-assists for the second straight year, but Lycoming fell to Salisbury University, 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-22), and York (Pa.), 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-17, 25-17) to wrap up its 2015 season on Saturday, Oct. 31.
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The Warriors finish 17-14 overall, posting their third straight winning season under 15
th-year head coach
Tim McMahon.
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Burger finished the year with 1013 assists, the 11
th-most in program history, while Hepner used her 38 digs to finish the season with 519, the sixth-best total in program history.
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Hepner led the Warriors against Salisbury with 14 digs, while Burger added 16 digs and junior
Lauren Fink (York, Pa./West York) added three kills, four aces and 12 digs. Junior
Kristine Jahn (Enola, Pa./New Cumberland) added four kills.
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Against York, Fink led the Way with nine kills, two aces and five digs and junior
Maggie Slawson (Armagh, Pa./United) added nine kills and six digs. Freshman
Cheyenne Altland (East Berlin, Pa./Delone Catholic) added seven kills and hit .353 for the team. Burger posted 26 assists and 11 digs and Hepner led the team with 24 digs in the match.
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Fink finished the year with 60 service aces, the 10
th-best total in program history. The pair of matches were the final ones in the career of senior
Bethany Richardson (York, Pa./West York), who finished her career with seven kills in the two matches, giving her a career total of 1,260, the sixth-best mark in program history.
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