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Box Score (Game Two)
WALTHAM, Mass. – The East Stroudsburg University women's volleyball team extended its winning streak to four matches on Saturday before seeing it come to an end later in the day at the Sandy Hoffman Memorial Tournament on the campus of Bentley University.
ESU (5-3) opened the day with 3-0 sweep against Rollins College (25-10, 26-24, 25-21) before dropping a 3-0 decision against Molloy College (21-25, 14-25, 20-25) in its second match of the day.
In their opening match of the day, the Warriors delivered a commanding 25-10 victory in the first set against the Tars. Leading 2-1 early in the set, ESU went on a 4-0 run to increase its advantage to 6-1. Rollins trimmed the deficit to 8-4 before another 4-0 rally gave the Warriors a 12-4 lead.
Senior
Sam Dunphy started a 5-0 rally for ESU that would be capped by an ace from senior
Sarah Smith to make it 22-9. A kill from Dunphy followed by back-to-back attack errors sealed the opening-set victory for the Warriors.
Rollins responded midway through the second set as the Tars turned a 9-7 deficit into a 12-9 advantage thanks to a 5-0 rally. Things seemed to be going Rollins' way as a 3-0 run increased their lead to 21-14, but ESU won four of the next five points to make it 22-18.
Trailing 24-18, ESU ran the table and scored the final eight points of the set to win 26-24 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
ESU and Rollins would exchange the lead on several occasions in the third set until the Warriors knotted the score 21-21. The Warriors rallied to score each of the next six points to erase a late deficit and win the set 25-21 and complete the sweep in the process.
Molloy would jump out to a quick 4-2 advantage against ESU in the Warriors' second match. ESU battled to knot the score and eventually take a 6-5 lead before a 6-1 stretch gave the Lions back the lead and momentum.
Trailing 11-7, the Warriors showed that they could respond to the early play of the Lions, using a 7-0 run to take a 14-11 lead. Dunphy delivered a pair of aces in the run, while sophomore
Kenzie Guimont tallied three kills.
The Lions scored the final two points of the set after ESU trimmed the deficit to 23-21 to take a 1-0 advantage in the match. Both teams recorded 13 kills in the set and the Warriors stayed within four points of Molloy despite committing seven attack errors.
ESU looked to extend the match in the third set after Molloy took a 2-0 lead following a 25-14 victory in set two. The Lions scored the opening five points of the set before a kill from Smith ended the run. A 5-0 rally increased Molloy's advantage to 13-4 in the set as the Lions would eventually take a double-digit lead.
Trailing 16-6, the Warriors worked to cut the deficit to 16-11 and pull within five points of the Lions. ESU pulled to within four points of Molloy late in the set after going on a 5-0 run, including back-to-back aces from sophomore
Caylinn Davis.
Molloy completed the sweep of ESU as Kathleen Doherty delivered a kill from Sophia Smith to preserve the 25-20 victory for the Lions.
Dunphy and sophomore Jasmin Mooney each tallied 16 kills between the two matches for ESU, while Dunphy finished with five aces and 13 digs for the Warriors. Smith added 14 kills and 18 digs, while sophomore
Kayla Lugo registered 57 assists and 14 digs. Sophomore
Emily Meredith averaged 6.83 digs (41 total) between both matches for ESU.
The Warriors open their 2019 home schedule on Friday with a 3 p.m. match against Jefferson inside Koehler Fieldhouse. The Warriors open the two-day ESU Invitational with a 7 p.m. match against Stonehill before facing Southern Connecticut and Caldwell on Saturday.
