Hackettstown, N.J - The University of Valley Forge Women's Volleyball team traveled to Hackettstown, NJ to play in a tri-match against the Penn State Abington Nittany Lions and the host school, Centenary University Cyclones.
UVF vs. Centenary University
Valley Forge used a 10-1 scoring run late to win game 1.
Kaitlyn Hess and
Brittany Eberly each took turns delivering powerful serves that put pressure on the Cyclones defense. The Patriots played a complete game and took game 1 by a final score of 25-17. UVF got off to a hot start in game 2. The Patriots opened up an 8-3 lead thanks to a balanced attack.
Megan Freed,
Kaitlyn Hess,
Megan Bard,
Hannah Carter, Hannah Hawkryluk and
Brittany Eberly all finished off points to help push the Patriots lead to 8-3. Centenary was never able to recover and the Patriots went on to finish off the Cyclones and win game 2 by a final score of 25-13. Game 3 looked very much like game 2. UVF jumped out to a 9-2 lead. The Patriots reeled off 6 straight points to end game 3 and earn the win in straight sets.
| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Valley Forge |
25 |
25 |
25 |
| Centenary (NJ) |
17 |
13 |
12 |
UVF vs. Penn State Abington
The Patriots won a five set thriller to close out the tri match on Saturday afternoon. UVF built a commanding 17-8 lead. The Nittany Lions tried to attempt a comeback but that fell short after 3 straight points. Valley Forge reeled off a run of 8 impressive points to win game 1 by a final score of 25-11. The Patriots dropped games 2 and 3, each by a final score of 25-22. Being down 2 games to 1, it was either win or go home. In a game that went back and forth and neither team giving in, Valley Forge found itself down 1 late in the set. With the score 20-19 in favor of the Nittany Lions, the Patriots needed a big play. After a ball handling error by PSU Abington that tied the game at 20,
Kaitlyn Hess served out the final 5 points including a game winning ace to propel UVF to the game 4 win.
Heading to the fifth and final set, Valley Forged needed to dig deep and pull off one more game. After Penn State Abington tied the game and took a 9-8 lead,
Megan Freed took her turn to serve. So far on this young season, Freed has made the most of her opportunities. Behind
Megan Freed's outstanding serves and a kill by
Megan Bard, the Patriots reeled off 5 straight points to take a 14-9 lead. UVF closed out the sudden death set thanks to a Lion error to win game 5 and the Match.
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| Univ of Valley Forge |
25 |
22 |
22 |
25 |
15 |
| PSU-Abington |
11 |
25 |
25 |
20 |
11 |
A Look at the Numbers
Megan Freed ended the tri-match with a total of 26 kills to lead UVF.
Kaitlyn Hess led Valley Forge with 48 assists and
Megan Bard had 18 kills. The Patriots improve their record to 3-0 on the season and is off to one of the programs best starts in recent years.
The Brittany Eberly All-Time Dig Watch
After recording 55 digs today, Senior
Brittany Eberly is now 41 digs away from becoming the all-time dig leader in UVF history.
Up Next
The Patriots will return home as they host Penn State Schuylkill on Wednesday, September 6th. Game time is set for 7:00 pm.
Go Patriots!
