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Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team competed against Stevenson University and took a 3-0 loss.
Halfway through the first set, the Blue Jays were down 13-12, and Stevenson was able to keep their lead the rest of the way through the set. This gave them the first set win and put them 1-0 early in the game. In the first two sets, the Blue Jays finished with 14 points, because of Stevenson’s strong plays.
The third set was a little better for the Blue Jays. They fell in the first half with Stevenson up to 23 points. Etown played hard and was able to close the point gap. This was no match for Stevenson, though, and the third set ended in a Stevenson win 25-23.
First-year Bryanna Miller led the team with a team-high eight kills, and sophomore Rileigh Hudock had a team-high eight digs and walked away with two aces.
Thursday, Oct. 10, the Blue Jays were on the court again at Penn State Harrisburg (PSH). Etown walked away with a 3-0 win.
In the first set, the Blue Jays were up 14-8 before PSH took an opportunity to make five back-to-back scores. Etown didn’t let this stop them and kept up with PSH to eventually take the win. In the second set, PSH came in with the lead 17-11 about halfway through. With a series of points scored by the Blue Jays led by a kill by sophomore Shelly Yohe, they were able to match PSH and surpass their opponent to take the second set win.
The final score in this set was 25-22. The third set was also close with the Blue Jays taking the last win 25-21.
Miller led in kills with 13. First-year Sarah Hanks had 19 assists. Hudock and junior Aiyana Tietze-DiToro reached double digits for digs with 12 and 19 respectively.
Saturday, Oct. 12, the Blue Jays played once again in the Rutgers-Camden Tri-Match against Rutgers University-Camden and Sarah Lawrence College.
The Blue Jays took a 3-0 win against Rutgers. Top performers for the game were Miller with 15 kills and senior Elle Shatto with 11. Tietze-DiToro recorded 14 digs, and Hanks followed closely behind with 13.
The Blue Jays took another 3-0 win against Sarah Lawrence. They led all three sets throughout the whole set, not giving Sarah Lawrence a chance. Between the two games Shatto made 22 kills and put her total number of career kills at 1,012, making her the eighth player in Etown history to reach 1,000 kills. The teams overall record is now at 20-7.
The team will compete away at Messiah College Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.
