Lycoming College

WASHINGTON — The Lycoming College women's volleyball team fell to the Catholic University of America, 3-1, in Landmark Conference action on Friday, Oct. 16. The Warriors opened with a 9-0 service run and won the first set, 25-13, before Catholic won the final three sets, 25-22, 25-21 and 25-17.
 
Lycoming is 3-17 overall and 0-4 in Landmark play. Catholic is 8-14 overall and 3-3 in Landmark play.
 
Sophomore Emi Wenger (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) led the Warriors with 12 kills and 14 points, adding six digs, one service ace and one solo block. Senior Haley Balgavy (Warrenton, Va./Kettle Run) finished with a team-high 19 assists and eight digs. Sophomore Lara DeFreitas (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) recorded a team-best 14 digs and added three assists. Junior Elizabeth Mayer (Lafayette Hill, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) added nine kills, two solo blocks and 11 points. Lycoming totaled a season-high 10 blocks in the match.
 
The Warriors opened the first set with nine straight points on Balgavy's serve, with Wenger putting down three kills during the stretch. With Lycoming leading 17-11, Balgavy returned to the service line for five more points. Lycoming finished the set at 25-13.
 
The Warriors led 16-12 in the second set after a kill by sophomore Charlene Petreshock (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley), but Catholic went in front, 18-17. Junior Angela Farnham (La Plata, Md./McDonough) and Mayer helped keep Lycoming close late with kills, and Wenger's service ace brought the Warriors within 23-22. Catholic took the final two points to close the set, 25-22.
 
The Warriors led 13-10 in the third set after Mayer's kill, but Catholic answered to tie it at 13 and later moved in front, 16-14. Lycoming stayed within reach behind late points from Petreshock, Wenger and first-year Ava Dunn (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge), with Dunn's block making it 21-20. Catholic scored the next three points for a 24-20 lead and finished the set, 25-21.
 
The Warriors briefly moved in front in the fourth set when Wenger put down a kill to tie it at 11 and Petreshock followed with a block for a 12-11 advantage. Catholic answered and later scored three straight points after a tie at 13. Lycoming got late points on kills by sophomore Ellie Dunkelberger (Hegins, Pa./Tri-Valley) and Wenger, but Catholic closed the set, 25-17.
 
Up next, the Warriors travel to Towson, Md., to face Goucher College on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 12 p.m., for another Landmark Conference match.