WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Facing match point, the Lycoming College volleyball team roared back, with sophomore
Brynne Bisel (Julian, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) notching a block to tie it and a blazing kill down the left sideline to end it, giving Lycoming a critical 3-2 (25-9, 25-20, 21-25, 12-25, 16-14) MAC Freedom win over King's College on Tuesday night, Sept. 27, at Lamade Gym.
Senior
Elizabeth Kelson (Denville, N.J./Morris Catholic) led the Warriors (10-5 overall, 2-2 MAC Freedom) with 14 kills and three blocks, hitting .440, as she also had a key kill to make it 15-14 in the fifth set. First-year
Cameron Upcraft (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley) posted 11 kills, two aces and six blocks and Bisel finished with eight kills, five aces, 11 digs and three blocks.
Sophomore
Marykatelin Button (Avon, N.Y./Avon) had a career-best 40 assists to go with 15 digs for her second double-double of the year, also adding two aces and four blocks. Sophomore
Kendall Myers (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity) added 29 digs and two aces and sophomore
Jessica Ahart (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area) posted six kills, seven digs and two blocks.
The Warriors came out firing, hitting .281 in the first two sets while holding King's (8-4 overall, 0-3 MAC Freedom) to -.085, cruising to 25-9 and 25-20 wins. The Warriors pounded down 24 kills and forced 17 King's attack errors and eight receiving errors in those two sets. The Monarchs hit .367 in the third set and added a sideout percentage of 76 percent while holding Lycoming to 37 percent in the fourth set to tie it, setting up the dramatic final frame, where King's led, except for four ties before Joy Kindall's final kill gave the Monarchs a shot at match point. Bisel's block on a setter sneak tied the score before Kelson drilled a kill to the backline that was shanked into the crowd, setting up Bisel's final swing, a beauty down the left sideline.
The Monarchs were led by 17 kills from Joy Kindall and 13 from Kathy Shepherd. Carly Shire posted 23 assists, Adriana Conforti posted four aces and Morgan Williams had 24 digs.
The Warriors get back on the court on Saturday, Oct. 1, when they head to LaRoche for a tri-match, facing the host Red Hawks at 9 a.m. and Pitt-Greensburg at 11 a.m.
