ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.—Making big plays in the fourth set, gave the Elizabethtown women's volleyball team the 3-1 win over Moravian in a crucial Landmark Conference match on Friday.
Set scores were 25-19, 17-25, 25-19, 25-22.
Lucy Stanek recorded a double-double of 15 kills and 13 digs.
Zoey Henning recorded a double-double of 19 assists and 11 digs.
Emma Rizzutto grabbed 24 digs.
In the first two sets Moravian kept things close to start. In set one, following a
Bailey McFeaters kill the Blue Jays led, 9-7. Etown then rattled off five straight to jump ahead, 16-10. Two Greyhound errors sandwiched a kill from Stanek to bring the score to, 19-11. The Greyhounds came back within two but Etown never gave up their lead as they won, 25-19. Etown struggled in set two as they hit just 0.039.
Moravian started off with the lead early in the set and then never relinquished it as the Greyhounds won, 25-17.
Moravian once again started off with the lead to in set three before kills from Stanek and McFeaters put the Jays ahead, 9-8. A 7-1 run from the Blue Jays extended the team's lead to 19-13. Kills from McFeaters,
Tori Obarow, and Stanek finished off the set, 25-19.
Moravian gained some momentum going into the fourth set as they jumped out to a 7-2 lead. Etown would bring it back within two as the two teams traded points. Midway through the set after four points in a row Etown tied up the set, 16-16. Down the stretch four in a row from the Blue Jays brought the score to, 23-21. A big block from Obarow and McFeaters tied up the set, 21-21 to give Etown the momentum. Obarow and Stanek each smacked down a kill to win the set, 25-22.
Etown will host Wilkes and Alvernia tomorrow in a tri-match at 12 pm.