Steph High and Shannon Deck Celebration 9/18/15
Matthew O'Haren
0
Neumann NUWV 10-15
3
Winner Elizabethtown ETWN-W 13-9
Neumann NUWV
10-15
0
Final
3
Elizabethtown ETWN-W
13-9
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Neumann NUWV 21 22 22 (0)
Elizabethtown ETWN-W 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Deck, High record 1,000th digs in 3-0 victory over Neumann

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Seniors Shannon Deck and Steph High both collected their 1,000th career digs, and Juliana Mowen pounded a season-high 15 kills in a 3-0 sweep (25-21, 25-22, 25-22) of Neumann Monday evening at Mount Calvary Christian School.

Deck was right on the cusp of the milestone, sitting just two digs shy entering the night. The libero from Sinking Spring got No. 999 late in a long match-opening rally that ended with Victoria Leidy's kill to put the Blue Jays up 1-0. Later in the set with E-town serving tied 10-10, Deck dug out an attack from Neumann's Rachael Hoffman for 1,000.

Deck would finish with seven digs in the set and a match-high 18 on the night.

Neumann (10-15) would swap the lead multiple times with the Blue Jays before two straight kills from Mackenzie Garner and an ace from Megan McNaul put E-town ahead for good, 22-19. Mowen and Anna Simpson also had kills before a bad set by the Knights accounted for the 25-21 final score.

The second set played out in almost identical fashion and all three were tightly contested, not surprising for teams that went five sets last year in Aston, before the Jays pulled out a 3-2 win.

Down 19-16 in the second, kills from Mowen and Garner, and aces from Simpson and Janae Moran sprung a 6-1 run that put Elizabethtown (13-9) in front by a pair. The Blue and Gray would finish the set on a 9-3 run to win it 25-22, scoring its final three points on a kill from Garner and two by Mowen.

Seven of Garner's 12 kills came in the second, as she reached double figures for the 11th time this season and fifth time in the last seven matches. Garner, a freshman from Huntingdon, registered the seven kills on just eight attempts (.750) and Mowen added six on 14 attempts. The Blue Jays were at their best in the second, hitting .289 (16-5-38).

Elizabethtown, which found it tough to create any distance from its opponent Monday, finally did so with a chance to close out the match. With Mowen mixing it up between power and precise placement for three kills and an ace from High, the Jays scored four points in a five-point span to lead 17-12. Still, the scrappy Knights would not go away. They closed to within 19-17 on an E-town attacking error, but the hosts regrouped, regained their five-point edge and then held on for a 25-22 victory.

High ended the night with a match-high 37 assists and 13 digs for the double-double. The 13 digs were exactly the number she needed to reach 1,000. The Denver, Pa., native's final one coming late in the third set with the Jays ahead 20-17 off an attack from Kristine Quinn.

Mowen also tallied a double-double, using 12 digs to go with her 15 kills. Moran just missed a double-double with 12 digs and nine kills, but gave Elizabethtown four players with double-digit digs. Leidy added five kills as the Jays hit .221 (44-17-122) for the match.

Neumann got 10 kills from Julia Malseed and eight from Rachael Hoffman. Hoffman, a freshman middle hitter, also had two solo blocks as part of a three-block night. Kat Wolf had 25 assists, with Anna Waltz (14) and Nikki Collevechio (13) leading the way in digs.

Elizabethtown readies itself or another non-conference test Wednesday when 19-2 Messiah visits for a 7 p.m. start at Elizabethtown Area High School.
 
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