(Courtesy of Holy Family University Sports Information)

Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University women's volleyball team battled to a 3-2 victory over Georgian Court University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest Tuesday night at the Campus Center.

With the win Holy Family evens its record at 9-9 overall and improves to 6-0 in conference play, while Georgian Court is now 5-11 overall and 4-4 in the CACC.

Holy Family jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the match after taking the first two sets by the scores of 25-19 and 25-22 respectively.  However, Georgian Court rallied and took set three by the score of 25-20 and then tied the match with a victory in set four (25-21).  Despite the comeback, Holy Family managed to pull out the victory with a 15-13 win in the fifth and decisive set. 

Senior Jillian Keeve (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Twp.) and sophomore Sarah Ambach (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) combined for 23 kills to lead the Holy Family attack.  Keeve finished with a team-high 13 kills to go along with nine digs, while Ambach tallied ten kills and an attack percentage of .526.  Junior Cara Przybylowicz (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley) contributed seven kills in the victory

Sophomore Chelsea Keegan (Bucyrus, Ohio/Colonel Crawford) had 36 assists and seven digs, while junior Mackenzie Bickes (Orchard Lake, Mich./Mercy) had 15 digs.  Senior Jordan Beland (Shrewsbury, Pa./Susquehannock) finished with a team-best 19 digs for the Tigers.

For Georgian Court, freshman Tatiana Villariny finished with a match-high 18 kills to lead the Lions.  Freshman Jaslene Lopez finished with 32 assists and seven digs. Francheska Cedres and Amy Berry each eclipsed double-digits in the digs column with 19 and 11, respectively.  

Georgian Court head coach Francisco Casado stated, "This match, even though it ended in defeat, proved the pride, resilience and honor these ladies portray when wearing the GCU uniform." "This performance was a testament to the future of this team and a token of the will of these ladies to succed."

GCU is back in action on Friday evening when the welcome Pace University to the Wellness Center for a 6:00 PM contest. The Lions lost to the Setters, 3-0 (12-25, 27-29, 14-25), back on September 17 at the Bentley Invitational in Waltham, MA.