The Greyhounds celebrate a point during the 2022 Greyhound Premiere Invitational. Photo by Cosmic Fox Media / Matthew Levine '11

September 10, 2022

Greyhounds Earn Two Five-Set Victories at Cedar Crest Tri-Match

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's volleyball squad won a pair of matches at Cedar Crest College on Saturday afternoon, defeating the host Falcons 3-2, then taking down Alvernia University 3-2 in a pair of five-set non-conference matches.

Moravian University

4-1

Cedar Crest College

0-2

Final	1	2	3	4	5	T
Moravian University 4-1	21	25	25	20	15	3
Cedar Crest College 0-2	25	12	13	25	9	2

Moravian University

5-1

Alvernia University

4-1

Final	1	2	3	4	5	T
Moravian University 5-1	27	15	22	25	15	3
Alvernia University 4-1	25	25	25	20	11	2

Game Leaders

Moravian University

K: Jenna Deegan - 18

B: 2 Players (#10, #13) - 2

D: Gabby Mancini - 19

SA: Jenna Deegan - 4

Cedar Crest College

K: Kelsee Schouppe - 12

B: Kelsee Schouppe - 3

D: Rebekka Sanchez-Castro - 17

SA: Alana Connor - 4

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Moravian University	Cedar Crest College
Hitting %	.119	-.006
Blocks	4.0	5.0
Digs	85	84
Aces	15	13

Full stats

Game Leaders

Moravian University

K: Jenna Deegan - 12

B: Autumn Marrero - 4

D: Natalia Matos - 15

SA: Autumn Marrero - 6

Alvernia University

K: Sipling, Rachel - 15

B: Evangelista, Allie - 3

D: Sipling, Rachel - 17

SA: Sipling, Rachel - 5

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Moravian University	Alvernia University
Hitting %	.149	.190
Blocks	6.0	6.0
Digs	79	85
Aces	10	9

Full stats

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's volleyball squad won a pair of matches at Cedar Crest College on Saturday afternoon, defeating the host Falcons 3-2, then taking down Alvernia University 3-2 in a pair of five-set non-conference matches.

How It Happened – Cedar Crest Match

The Hounds took the opener 21-25, 25-12, 25-13, 20-25, 15-9 over the host Falcons
Moravian jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but Cedar Crest countered with three straight points to knot the set at 4-4. Both squads exchanged points with Moravian holding a 20-18 advantage before the Falcons surge gave them a 22-20 edge. The Blue and Grey got one more point before Cedar Crest claimed set 1, 25-21
The Greyhounds took an early edge and ran with it, leading by six points before Cedar Crest countered with three straight points. Moravian continued to put the ball on the floor and extended their lead to 10 points on multiple occasions, as when the Hounds won the set to even the match
The third set started the same with the Greyhounds taking charge and leading by a score of 7-2 before the Falcons earned three consecutive points. Moravian then went on a seven-point run to push their lead to 18-7 and held on for a 25-13 victory
After a 2-0 lead for Moravian to start the fourth set, Cedar Crest rallied for six-consecutive points to take a 6-2 edge and the squads would end up tied at 8-8. The Falcons put together another run and strung together five-straight points for a 13-8 lead before the Hounds struck back with five-consecutive points as well to tie the set at 13-13. Moravian possessed a 20-18 lead before Cedar Crest countered with seven-straight points to force a fifth set with at 20-25 victory
The final set would began with a 2-0 Moravian advantage that quickly disappeared as the Falcons went ahead 5-2, but the Hounds found a way to regain the lead by a score of 7-5, which was the closest Cedar Crest would get, as Moravian pulled away for a 15-9 set score to earn the victory
Sophomore middle blocker Jenna Deegan led the Greyhounds with 18 kills and four service aces while also earning double-figures in digs with 12
Junior right side hitter Sophie Bauer and sophomore right side hitter Makenzie Krasley each contributed seven kills and Bauer added four digs while Krasley recorded 13 digs, two service aces and an assist.
Junior middle blocker Autumn Marrero and junior middle blocker Grace Silfani each added three kills with Marrero having two service aces, three digs and two blocks and Silfani with three assists, a dig and one block
Senior setter Natalia Matos ran the Greyhounds offense with 29 assists to go with 16 digs, three service aces and one kill while senior libero Gabby Mancini had team highs of 19 digs, four assists and a service ace. Freshman defensive specialist Tamara Vasquez added 10 digs and three service aces

How It Happened – Alvernia Match

The Blue and Grey also won the second match in five sets as the squad defeated Alvernia University 27-25, 15-25, 22-25, 25-20, 15-11
The opening set was close until the Greyhounds pulled ahead 18-12. The Golden Wolves responded and got within a point at 21-20 before the Hounds scored twice. Alvernia rattled off four straight points to go ahead 24-23 but it was Moravian that scored the final three points in the opening set win
The second set saw Alvernia leading 8-4 before the Blue and Grey ran off six straight points. The Golden Wolves countered with a 13-3 run to pull ahead 21-13 before winning the set
Moravian took a 4-1 lead in the third set, and the Greyhounds had a 9-6 edge before Alvernia moved in front. The Hounds looked to rally and pulled within two points at 24-22 before the set ended with the Golden Wolves taking a 2-1 edge
The fourth set had Alvernia leading 7-3 early. With the Golden Wolves up 11-10, the Greyhounds ran off seven straight points to take the lead for good on the way to evening the contest
The final set saw Alvernia score first but the Hounds recorded the next eight points to take control of the set on the way to improving to 5-1 on the season for the first time since the 2012 campaign that had Moravian at 10-1 through 11 contests
Deegan led Moravian again with 12 kills to go with eight digs and four assists while Bauer contributed 11 kills
Marrero recorded nine kills, six digs, six service aces and four blocks while Krasley and Silfani each had seven kills with Krasley adding seven digs and Silfani registering six digs and three blocks
Matos contributed 37 assists, 15 digs and three kills while Mancini and junior defensive specialist Allie Ludlow both had 12 digs with Ludlow adding three assists. Vazquez had nine digs in the match

Up Next for the Greyhounds

Wednesday, September 14 at Muhlenberg College, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, September 16 vs. Stockton University and Widener at Neumann University, 4:00 p.m.