Box Score DOYLESTOWN (PA) – The Delaware Valley College volleyball team took the first set, 25-19, but had its Senior Night spoiled as visiting Penn State Berks took the next three for the win. The final three set scores were 25-16, 25-17 and 25-19 in favor of the Lions.
Delaware Valley, which honored four-year starters
Gina Page and
Crystal Ronan before the match, fell to 6-20 overall. The Aggies will end their season Wednesday night at Freedom Conference foe King's College. Penn State Berks improved its mark to 18-9.
In the first set, the Aggies got out to early leads of 5-2 and 6-3 until Penn State Berks came back to tie the set three separate times, the last at 10-10. From there, Ronan took to the service line and scored three straight points to put Delaware Valley ahead for good at 14-10 as they went on to take the set 25-19.
The Lions controlled much of the next set, leading by as many as 12 points, 20-8, en route to the 25-16 set victory. The third set saw them continue their trend as they led opened up a 16-7 advantage over the Aggies. Delaware Valley then had its two seniors in rotation to serve as they combined for eight of the next nine points to pull with two at 17-15. The effort fell just short as the Lions ripped off eight of the set's next 10 points for the 25-17 final.
The final set saw Penn State Berks open up early leads of 3-0 and 10-3 and it did not relinquish them as they took the fourth set by a final of 25-19.
Ronan finished the evening with team highs of 31 assists and 26 digs to go with two blocks and three kills while Page recorded 16 digs, seven kills and one assist. For the Lions, Sophia Zhang had a match-high 19 kills and three service aces along with 14 digs while Jordan Heath dished out 45 assists.