WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The Bloomsburg volleyball team came away with a 3-1 victory on the road against West Chester on Friday.
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With the match tied at one set apiece, the Huskies (10-12, 2-9 PSAC East) pulled away from the Golden Rams (9-15, 1-8 PSAC East) by triumphantly taking the final two sets of the evening.
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Katie Kuehl (Aston, Pa./Archmere Academy (Del.)) and
Sasha Moody (Abington, PA/Abington Senior) finished the match tied for the team lead with 10 kills apiece.
Lydia Worthing (Tyrone, Pa./Bellwood Antis) had a solid performance anchoring the middle offensively and defensively, recording eight kills on a .400 hitting percentage and totaling seven blocks, including two solo stuffs.
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How It Happened:
Trailing 4-6 in the early stages of the opening set, Bloomsburg rattled off an 8-0 run to get its footing in the match. After a couple of errors from West Chester, Worthing went on an emphatic display, chipping in with two kills and two blocks in the final five points of the stretch. The Huskies extended their lead in the set to as much as nine before the Golden Rams closed in by as few as two points. Bloomsburg forced West Chester into a trio of mistakes through the closing points, clinching the first set by a score of 25-21.
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The Golden Rams got off to a better start in the second set, quickly taking the lead, 8-2. West Chester's best attacking performance of the night came in the second frame, as the hosts hit .462 with 14 kills to just two attack errors. The Golden Rams' strong attack created as much as a 10-point advantage into the latter stages of the second set, with the Huskies unable to close the gap before West Chester tied the match.
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The third set was characterized by a string of short bursts between the two teams. Bloomsburg took its first meaningful lead of the set at 9-5 following a 4-0 run. The Golden Rams pulled within two several times, but a 5-0 stretch for the Huskies put them up 15-9. Unfettered, West Chester continued its attempts to catch Bloomsburg, doing so off the heels of a 4-0 run to tie the set at 23-23. The Huskies' offense clicked at the right time, as back-to-back kills from
Sophie Wales (Port Matilda, Pa./State College) and Moody put Bloomsburg up 2-1.
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The Huskies in the fourth had done well at what they had done all night: taking advantage of mistakes from the Golden Rams. Bloomsburg took an 11-5 lead in the fourth set after a 6-0 run, with West Chester contributing to five of those points via some form of error. At 15-12, another 6-0 stretch, this time capped with block contributions led by Worthing, put the Huskies up 21-12. With the Golden Rams making up some ground, it was Moody and Worthing with the two final kills of the night for Bloomsburg, who put the finishing touches on the night to secure a win for the Huskies.
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On the Horizon:
The Huskies are back at Nelson Field House on Friday, October 30, at 6:00 pm. to take on Lackawanna.
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