Phoenixville, PA - The University of Valley Forge Women's Volleyball team continued their 2017 season by hosting the Nittany Lions of Penn State Schuylkill. The Patriots blanked the Lions with a three set sweep.

Game 1 
After a back and forth opening few points, Valley Forge began to edge out Penn State, starting from the tight 6-7 mark and moving forward. A kill by Lindsay LeSeur began the Patriot string of success, followed by 5 straight serves from Megan Bard. After some additional back and forth, Megan Freed took control, serving 8 straight points to close out the first set at 25-12.

Game 2
Set 2 resembled set 1 in its initial stages, with both teams attempting to gain a viable edge, tying once at 4-4 within the first 8 points, and Valley Forge obtaining a slight lead at 6-5 in the first 11 points. The game began to break open with Chanda Carson serving for four straight points to put the Patriots ahead at 10-5. Later on, Kaitlyn Hess would go on to distance the Patriots 19-11 with three straight service aces. Megan Bard would go on to snuff out the Nittany Lion's set 2 hopes with a kill and 4 straight services, with three aces.

Game 3
The third set belonged solely to the Patriots. With a final tally of 25-10, Valley Forge was led by the strong serving efforts of Kaitlyn Hess, Chanda Carson, and Lindsay LeSeur with runs of 3, 4, and 9 points, respectively. UVF was not to be denied a momentous 4-0 start, marching to victory behind the 3 kills from Megan Bard and the game ending kill by Hope Salata.

A look at the Numbers
The Patriots totaled 16 service aces on the evening.  Freed accounted for 5, while Kaitlyn Hess had 6, and Megan Bard also tallied 5 for UVF.  Bard also led UVF in kills with 7, joined by Freed and Hannah Carter with with 6 and 2, respectively.  The Patriots continue their 2017 season off with a 4-0 record.   

The Brittany Eberly All-Time Dig Watch
After recording 19 digs tonight, Senior Brittany Eberly is now 22 digs away from becoming the all-time dig leader in UVF history. 

Up Next
The Women's Volleyball team will be back on Saturday, September 9^th, as they travel to Bryn Mawr, PA.  They will take on Bryn Mawr College and Cedar Crest College in a tri-match. The first game is scheduled to start at 11:00 am.