Ladies’s Volleyball Falls at No. Three Juniata

HUNTINGDON, Pa. (October 7, 2022)  – Junior Liz Patterson completed with a team-high eight kills however the Stevens Institute of Know-how ladies’s volleyball staff fell to No. Three Juniata School 3-1 (14-25, 25-18, 11-25, 12-25) Friday night time in a non-conference matchup at Memorial Gymnasium as a part of the Juniata Invitational.

Senior Ava Smithing completed with three kills and three blocks for the Geese, who noticed their seven-match profitable streak come to an finish in falling to 14-5 on the 12 months.

Mackenzie Coley and Audrey Muth every completed with a match-high 13 kills to guide Juniata, who gained its eighth straight match to enhance to 15-1. 

After Juniata took the opening set, Stevens turned in its greatest efficiency of the match within the second, hitting .243 (11-3-33) to high the Eagles by a 25-18 margin to even the match at one. After the groups battled backwards and forwards via the opening factors, a 5-1 run by the Geese, sparked by a pair of kills and an ace from Patterson, pushed Stevens in entrance for good. A 6-1 pushed the Geese’ benefit to 17-10 and the Geese would go on to attain seven of the ultimate 10 factors to shut out the body. Patterson registered half of her kills within the set to assist the Geese even the match.

Juniata responded by delivering its greatest efficiency within the third set, hitting .400 (13-3-25) in profitable the body. An 8-Zero run broke the set open after a kill from junior Elle Maggio and an assault error pulled the Geese inside 4 (11-7). 

The Geese jumped out to an early lead within the last set making the most of three Juniata errors to construct a 4-Zero lead. The internet hosting Eagles responded with six straight factors to power a Duck timeout and Juniata added yet one more level to the run after the pause in play to take a 13-7 lead. A double block by Patterson and Smithing helped pull the Geese inside 5, however one other prolonged led to Juniata closing out the victory.

Contained in the Numbers

• Eight completely different gamers had not less than one kill for the Geese. 
• Every staff had three aces.
• Sophomore Bailey Axelrad completed with a match-high 21 digs. Patterson and first-year Gabbi Roberts every added eight. 
• Roberts completed with a team-high 12 assists. 
• The matchup was the primary between the packages since 2018.

Unsung Hero

• Junior Meg Dion was the Geese’ best hitter, setting down 4 kills on seven swings (with two errors). The third-year center additionally had two blocks.

From the Sidelines – Head Coach Brianna Jones

• “Sadly, we could not keep a excessive degree of play! There have been undoubtedly some nice moments, for positive, however we could not put them collectively constantly.”

Up Subsequent

• Ladies’s volleyball wraps up play on the Juniata Invitational Saturday, with matches in opposition to Messiah and Mary Washington. 
• The matchup with the Falcons is believed to be the primary between the groups, whereas the matchup with Mary Washington is the primary since 2017.
• Hyperlinks for dwell stats and video can be found on StevensDucks.com.

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