DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – The Delaware Valley women's volleyball team struggled to maintain the advantage over Alvernia dropping the contest 3-0 on Thursday night.
The Aggies started off hot with a 5-0 run before a service error ended the streak and put Alvernia on the board. A kill from the Golden Wolves ensued before DelVal set off on a 3-2 run to make a four-point gap, 8-4. A 9-1 response put Alvernia ahead 13-9.
Victoria Tucker came up with the kill for the Aggies to stop the run and cut the deficit to three, 13-10. The Golden Wolves offense continued with a 4-2 run to bring the score to 17-12. DelVal's offense began to gain momentum with an
Emma Helverson kill starting off a 3-0 run to make it a two-point game, 17-15. The teams held an even 8-8 edge through the rest of the set with a kill from the Golden Wolves ending it in their favor, 25-23.
DelVal offense put up a quick three with the Golden Wolves just as quickly tying the score at the top of the second set. The teams remained even until a 4-0 run from Alvernia put them ahead 14-9 to force an Aggies timeout. The Golden Wolves put up two more out of the timeout to take a 16-9 lead with the run ended by a Monqiue Smith kill to make it a 16-10 game. The Aggies struggled to get a run going putting up no more than two points at a time through the rest of the set with Alvernia holding the edge to take the set 25-17.
The Aggies went down by as many as nine points, 15-6, to start the third set. An attack error paired with a kill from
Grace Kane kill started a 3-1 run for the Aggies to bring the gap down to five, 16-11. But, a 4-0 response from Alvernia widened the gap back to nine, 20-11, and forced an Aggies timeout. DelVal came out of the break putting up a quick three points thanks to back-to-back kills and a service ace to make it a 20-14 game. The Golden Wolves maintained their edge finishing out the set on a 5-3 run to win it 25-17.
Schneider led the Aggies with seven kills while
Grace Wilson and
Grace Kane led the defense with 13 and 12 digs apiece.
Delaware Valley is back in action this weekend at the Lycoming tri-match facing the host Lycoming at 11 a.m. followed by Keuka College at 1 p.m.
