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Lebanon Valley Claims Third Straight Commonwealth Title
Story and Photo Courtesy of the Lebanon Valley Athletics Site
Volleyball
Commonwealth Conference Championship match
Lebanon Valley 3, Elizabethtown 0 (26-24, 25-13, 25-16)
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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Lebanon Valley
volleyball defeated Elizabethtown 3-0 (26-24, 25-13, 25-16)
Saturday afternoon for its third straight Commonwealth Conference
title. The team is the first in LVC history to win three straight
conference championships.
With the win, LVC (23-9) earned its third straight trip to the
NCAA Tournament, and will learn their opponent and competition site
on Monday morning at 11 a.m. during the live selection show on
NCAA.com.
Earlier in the season the Blue Jays posted a 3-1 win over the
Dutchmen to claim the #1 seed in the conference tournament. The two
teams have met five of the last six seasons in the Commonwealth
Conference championship, including the title match the last four
years.
Tournament MVP Angela
Kuperavage led the defensive effort with 17 digs, and
Emily
Perkins added 10 along with her 42 assists. Joelle
Snyder was a force up front, totaling 15 kills on 25
attempts without an error for a .600 hitting percentage. Emily
Hopkins added 13 kills and Michelle
Little posted a second-best .345 hitting percentage and
10 kills.
LVC registered five service aces in the match and four total
blocks. Snyder and Jamie Hawk
had a solo block each, while Jess
Raber and Snyder each notched two block assists.
Lindsay Palm led the way for Elizabethtown, totaling a .333
hitting percentage and 12 kills. Crystal Agnew had a team-high 33
assists and Andrea Weaver posted 20 digs.
The Dutchmen went up 20-11 in the first set before Elizabethtown
rolled off seven straight points led by its blocking effort. The
teams stayed close after and tied the score at 23 aside before LVC
secured a 26-24 win.
Lebanon Valley ran off with the second set, leading to a 17-5
advantage. Jamie Hawk
had a great serving rotation in the middle of the match, leading to
seven straight points for LVC. After a timeout, Elizabethtown
claimed two points but was limited from then on. The Dutchmen
registered eight of the next 14 points for a 25-13 victory.
With elimination on the horizon, Elizabethtown came out fighting
in the third frame. The teams battled back and forth early in the
set, but after an 11-11 tie the Dutchmen never looked back. LVC
notched 11 kills over the next 19 points for the win. Recording
five straight kills to end the set, Michelle
Little totaled two, while Joelle
Snyder registered three kills.
