WILMINGTON, Del. (Oct. 2, 2024) - Georgian Court Volleyball won three straight sets Wednesday night, just like Monday. However they were the first three this time rather than the last three. The Lions swept the easy way, winning 3-0 at Goldey-Beacom.

How it Happened
• The Lions hit just a bit under .200 at .194 while holding the Lightning to just .101.
• Teams were nearly even in kills, GCU 37 and GBC 36, but Goldey-Beacom hit nine more attack errors.
• Georgian Court totaled six aces and six service errors. The Lightning landed just three aces while hitting seven errors on the serve.
• The Lions got plenty of points off the block, 10 in total while the Lightning scored just two blocks.
Set 1
• Georgian Court started the match with three straight kills and nine of the first 12 points. 
• The Lightning chipped away and a GCU service error brought the lead down to two, 20-18.
• Still up just two, 21-19, the Lions scored four straight to end the set with an Amiyah Woods and Martina Croce block scoring the final point.
Set 2
• Georgian Court again started the set by getting out in front. They led by four early, 8-4.
• Goldey-Beacom responded by scoring five straight for a 9-8 lead of their own.
• Things remained tight and back-to-back Lightning errors put GCU up two, 14-12.
• GBC again came back and used a 7-1 run to take their largest lead, 19-15.
• The Lions fought back and got to within two, 24-22, but were facing set-point.
• GCU scored four straight to survive set point and a kill from Nylene Mateo gave the Lions a 2-0 lead with a 26-24 set win. 
Set 3
• Georgian Court took an early 3-2 lead and never looked back on their way to a three-set sweep.
• Still ahead just one, 6-5, the Lions went on a 14-7 run in the middle of the set to comfortably lead 20-12.
• GCU put back their 10th block of the game, this from Martina Croce and Chelsea Ross to complete the sweep, 25-18.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Nylene Mateo scored a match-high 13 kills and hit .333 with six digs.
• Giorgia Cappelletti had a productive day with nine kills and seven digs.
• Chelsea Ross finished with six kills and five blocks. 
• Martina Croce chipped in five kills and two blocks.
• Iciar Zayas passed out 20 assists with 10 digs for a double-double.
• Carmen Rivera led the Lions with 13 digs and three service aces. 

For the Lightning
• Piper Nanouski led the Lightning with 10 kills.
• Giuliana Jaku was a kill short of a double-double with 12 digs.
• Caitlyn Burch totaled eight kills and five digs.
• Angelica Febres helped out with six kills and four digs.
• Gaby Fernandez scooped a game-best 18 digs.
• Ada Koksal passed out 27 assists.

News and Notes
• Chelsea Ross played in her 300th career set.
• The Lions have now won 11 straight against the Lightning.
• The last time the Lions started out 3-0 in league play was 2021.

Up Next
• Volleyball kicks off the Homecoming festivities Saturday, Oct. 5 with an early morning 10 am game against Dominican.