DOYLESTOWN, PA. – Stevens Institute of Technology's women's volleyball team put a definitive stamp on another spectacular MAC Freedom campaign with a sweep of Delaware Valley Wednesday evening. Stevens (19-9, 6-1 MACF) won 25-14, 25-5, and 25-19, as the Ducks closed its regular season slate winning 18 of the final 19 sets played against MAC Freedom opposition.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Vivian Lisboa had four kills among the Ducks first five points, adding a service ace for a 7-5 Stevens lead. The teams traded the next nine points mostly on and off, with Stevens taking a 12-9 lead on an
Alyssa O'Neal kill. O'Neal's kill started a 5-1 spurt that made it 16-10 Ducks. That lead did not drop below five the rest of the set, with
Ella Boland,
Eva Tarolli, and O'Neal all adding two more kills down the stretch; the Ducks finished the frame hitting .351.
Stevens put the second set away almost as soon as it started, jumping in front 12-1; the Ducks took advantage of four Aggies errors, with
Lianna Schmieder adding a pair of service aces and Boland notching a pair of kills. The cushion remained north of 10, as Lisboa and Bolduc each contributed three kills and
Molly Harris registered three straight service aces; the Ducks hit an astounding .733 for the set, committing just a single error on 15 swings with an even dozen kills, adding seven service aces.
The third set went back and forth in the early going, neither side leading by more than a point until the Ducks went in front 8-6;
Mallory Eder had two kills in the early going for Stevens, and the Aggies committed four errors during that same stretch. Stevens slowly expanded the cushion, eventually opening a 21-14 advantage, drawing a Delaware Valley timeout; O'Neal had three kills during that stretch, while
Ava Stewart had two, with the Ducks getting another six points from Delaware Valley errors. Two more O'Neal kills, a kill by
Kileen McNeill, and one final Aggies error helped the Ducks close out the sweep.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Ducks hit .360 for the match, the eighth time this season hitting over .300 – three of those coming in MAC Freedom play
- Ella Kraver had a career-high 17 digs, her seventh time this season with at least 10 and third in her last four matches
- Lisboa finished with nine errorless kills on 12 swings, her fifth straight outing hitting at least .360; she's hitting .487 during that five-match stretch
- O'Neal fell one kill shy of a ninth straight outing with 10 kills, tying Lisboa with a team-high nine
UP NEXT
The Ducks wrap the regular season Friday night at 7 PM against New Paltz, as the team will honor its senior class (Lisboa, Eder,
Paulina Miller) prior to the match, before the MAC Freedom Tournament begins the following Wednesday.
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