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Schulze's career-high 18 kills paces Lycoming to 3-2 win over Penn College
Story Courtesy of Lycoming Athletics Site
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Down 22-20 in the
fourth set of Tuesday, Sept. 7’s match against Penn College,
seniors Megan
Schulze (Reedsville, Pa./Indian Valley) and Kelly
Rose (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Bishop Hogan) provided some
leadership, as the pair combined to score four points during a
critical 5-1 run by the Lycoming College volleyball team, as the
team rallied for a 3-2 (24-26, 25-13, 24-26, 25-23, 15-8) win over
the Wildcats at Lamade Gymnasium.
Schulze was dominating during the match, posting a career-high 18
kills, hitting a hot .536, and added six blocks for the Warriors
(2-1). Rose also played well, posting 11 kills and hitting .333.
Freshman Shelby
Gear (Rochester, N.Y./Gates-Chili) joined the seniors
with double-figure kills, posting 10 and adding a match-high seven
blocks to go with four digs and three assists.
Freshman Katelyn
McKillop (Mount Pocono, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) added
her second double-double with 32 points and 11 assists to go with
five aces and junior Emily
Abel (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) posted 29 digs and
two kills. Freshman Tanya
DeWalt (Mainesburg, Pa./Mansfield) added seven kills, six
blocks and three digs. Sophomore Jackie
Oliva (Barnesville, Pa./Mahoney Area) added six kills,
three digs and two blocks.
The Warriors took a 10-5 lead in the fourth set after a block by
DeWalt and freshman Lacey
Sollenberger (New Enterprize, Pa./North Bedford), but the
Wildcats fought back with a 12-3 run to take a 17-13 lead. The
Warriors closed within two within a point at 19-18 and the teams
traded sideouts until the Warrior seniors took over to close out
the set.
Lycoming dominated the fifth stanza, hitting .409 and committing
just two attack errors, as Schulze led the team with four kills in
the set. Sollenberger, Gear and Rose each added two kills as the
Warriors took an 8-4 lead and never let the Wildcats back within
three points.
The Warriors jumped out to a 21-12 lead in the first set after a
block by DeWalt and Gear, but the Wildcats stormed back by going on
a 14-3 run to take the 26-24 win. Lycoming fought back, though,
hitting a solid .367 in the second set and rolling out to a 17-7
lead en route to the 25-13 win. In the third set, the Wildcats took
a 20-13 lead before Lycoming fought back to tie the set at 23 after
a kill by Rose. However, with the set tied at 24, Penn College
closed the set with two points, as Montiero served up an ace to
take the set.
Lindsay Moyer posted 13 kills to lead the Wildcats (3-3) and
Lyndsey Smith posted 31 assists. Ashley Matson-Donahay posted 12
digs and six aces and Paula Montiero added 15 digs and four kills.
Tara Powell nearly missed a double-double with nine kills and 13
digs.
The Warriors head to the Montclair State Tournament this weekend,
as they start the tournament by facing Montclair State at 3 p.m. on
Friday. The Warriors will also face SUNY Cortland at 7 p.m. during
the first day of the tournament.
