Senior outside hitter Caroline Melillo gets set to serve versus Penn State Berks in non-conference action in Johnston Hall. Photo by Abby Smith '27

September 17, 2025

Greyhounds Drop Hard-Fought Match at DeSales

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s volleyball team dropped a hard-fought match at host DeSales University, falling 3-2 in non-conference action Wednesday evening.

Moravian University

5-3

DeSales University

4-6

Final	1	2	3	4	5	T
Moravian University 5-3	26	27	19	17	11	2
DeSales University 4-6	24	25	25	25	15	3

Game Leaders

Moravian University

K: Gabbie Reigner - 16

B: Kate McBrierty - 5

D: Sam Love - 29

SA: Madalyn Kocsis - 2

DeSales University

K: Signorella, Brooke - 15

B: 2 Players (#16, #7) - 3

D: Campbell, Kylie - 35

SA: Reimer, Allison - 4

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Moravian University	DeSales University
Hitting %	.145	.152
Blocks	10.0	4.0
Digs	93	93
Aces	4	11

Full stats

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's volleyball team dropped a hard-fought match at host DeSales University, falling 3-2 in non-conference action Wednesday evening.

How It Happened

The Bulldogs jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the opening set before the Greyhounds began to rally back. The Blue & Grey eventually tied the set at 19-19; however, DeSales moved back ahead 23-20. Moravian scored six of the final seven points in the set to win 26-24 and take a 1-0 lead
The Hounds held an early 4-1 edge in the second set while DeSales came back to take a 7-5 advantage. The Bulldogs eventually led by six points at 19-13 before Moravian rallied back for a 23-22 edge. After DeSales had a 24-23 lead, the Blue & Grey scored four of five points to record a 27-25 victory and a 2-0 lead in the match
DeSales jumped out to a 5-1 edge in the third set; however, the Greyhounds came back to knot the set score at 6-6. The score was tied at 15-15 when the Bulldogs scored 10 of 14 points to take the set 25-19 and cut the Moravian advantage to 2-1
The Bulldogs led the entire in the fourth set, posting a 25-17 set win to even the match at 2-2
The fifth set saw DeSales get out to a 7-4 edge before three straight points from the Hounds evened the set at 7-7. After the Bulldogs went back ahead, Moravian made it 12-11 before DeSales scored the final three points to win the contest

Inside the Numbers

Junior outside hitter Gabbie Reigner led Moravian with 16 kills to go with 18 digs while senior outside hitter Caroline Melillo contributed 12 kills and seven digs
Junior middle blocker Payton Reuber also recorded 12 kills to go along with four blocks while sophomore middle blocker Kate McBrierty added six kills and five blocks
Junior outside hitter Kelly Tempalsky contributed four kills and four digs while sophomore opposite hitter Ella Kilko posted two kills and two digs for the Hounds
Senior setter Ally Plitnick registered 40 assists, 17 digs, three blocks and three kills while junior libero Sam Love posted 29 digs and nine assists
Junior defensive specialist Molly Hughes had 13 digs while sophomore defensive specialist Madalyn Kocsis added a pair of service aces and two digs

Up Next for the Greyhounds

Thursday, September 18 vs. Immaculata University, 7:00 pm.
Saturday, September 20 at Arcadia University with Wentworth Institute of Technology (Mass.), 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.