WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Sophomore Kamryn Skeith (Monroe, Wa. / Sultan) posted a triple-double to lead the Lycoming College women's volleyball team to a comeback 3-2 victory in a Landmark Conference match with Elizabethtown College on Senior Day, Saturday, Oct. 24 at Lamade Gymnasium.
Lycoming (4-19, 1-6) was beaten in the first set by Elizabethtown (18-8, 5-2), 25-15, but a wild second-set victory turned the tide for the Warriors. In that second set, Lycoming lost a seven-point lead, but the Warriors fought off two set points before a kill from junior Angela Farnham (La Plata, Md. / McDonough) finally ended a marathon set, 31-29, in Lycoming's favor.
The Warriors led deep into the third set before falling, 25-22, but Lycoming roared out to a 12-4 lead in set four, cruising to a 25-18 finish, then handled business in the decisive fifth set, pulling away after a 6-6 deadlock for a 15-11 final, with sophomore Charlene Petreshock (Warwick, N.Y. / Warwick Valley) providing the decisive kill to lift Lycoming to their first conference win of the season.
Skeith enjoyed a career day, with a career-high 18 kills and 27 assists, plus a season-best 12 digs for her first triple-double of the season and the sixth of her career. Sophomore Emi Wenger (Lancaster, Pa. / Conestoga Valley) added a 11-kill, 10-dig double-double, Farnham chipped in 10 kills and a career-best seven total blocks, and senior Haley Balgavy (Warrenton, Va. / Kettle Run) dished out 19 assists and nine digs. Defensively, senior Morgan Cambria (Birdsboro, Pa. / Exeter Township) notched a career-best 15 digs, while senior Ima Mercado (Mifflintown, Pa. / Juniata) and sophomore Lara DeFreitas (Stroudsburg, Pa. / Stroudsburg) each recorded 13 digs, as five Warriors tallied double-digit digs on the day.
Lucy Stanek had 18 kills and 14 digs for Elizabethtown, who also received 16 kills from Kinsey Reuwer and 24 assists apiece from Marah Glenn and Zoey Henning.
The Warriors will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 30, with a Landmark Conference match at Wilkes. The match will begin at 7 p.m. Inside the Marts Center.
