(Courtesy of Holy Family University Sports Information)
Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University women's volleyball team picked up a key Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest over visiting Georgian Court University by the score of 3-0 on Thursday night at the Campus Center Gymnasium.
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Holy Family improves to 12-12 overall and 8-6 in the CACC, while Georgian Court is now 11-11 overall and 9-3 in conference action. The Tigers won the match by the score of 25-20, 25-21 and 25-23.
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Sophomores
Emma Herring (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) and
Rachel Johnson (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln Way West) led the Holy Family offense as they combined for 27 kills. Herring finished with a match-high 14 kills to go along with three service aces and seven digs. Johnson tallied 13 kills after recording a match-high .579 attack percentage.
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Senior
Sarah Ambach (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) contributed nine kills with an attack percentage of .368. With her nine kills, Ambach will enter her next match one kill shy of becoming just the third player in program history to reach the 1,000-kill milestone.
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Senior
Chelsea Keegan (Bucyrus, Ohio/Colonel Crawford) paced the offense with 38 set assists to go along with six digs.Â
Junior Devyn Ingram (King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion) led the team with nine digs.
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For Georgian Court, junior
Anabelle Barinas led the Lions with 11 kills and an attack percentage of .440. Redshirt junior
Tatiana Villariny Rodriguez finished with seven kills, while junior
Jhoan Agosto Rivera added five kills.
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Redshirt junior
Jaslene Lopez finished with a team-high 19 set assists, while freshman
Kelsey Oliver added seven assists. Redshirt junior
Francheska Cedres led the team with nine digs.
GCU looks to get back on track Sunday afternoon with another vital CACC road contest, this time at Caldwell College. Start time is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.