Lycoming Comes Up Short at LVC Tri-Match

Annville, Pa. – The Lycoming volleyball team dropped a pair of matches during a tri-match at Lebanon Valley College on Saturday afternoon.  LVC got the best of the Warriors in one match 3-0 (30-21, 30-12, 30-16).  The University of Pitt-Johnstown came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Warriors in the other match 3-2 (17-30, 33-31, 30-32, 30-24, 16-14).

The losses drop Lycoming to 6-17 overall and 2-3 in the Freedom Conference.

Poor hitting plagued the Warriors against Lebanon Valley.  In three games, Lycoming managed only 17 kills compared to 28 errors for a paltry -.096 hitting percentage.

The Warriors improved on those numbers in the second match, hammering out 70 kills compared to 33 errors, but did so in a gaudy 238 attack attempts resulting in a .155 hitting percentage.

Middle hitters Lindsey Artz (Hegins, Pa./Tri-Valley) and Cassandra Kapson (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) and outside hitter Heather Frantz (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area) carried the offense against UPJ as the trio combined for 187 attack attempts.  Artz nailed 22 kills in a season-high 80 attempts for a .150 attack percentage.  She also dug 12 Mountain Cat attempts.  Kapson belted a personal season-best 21 kills on .200 hitting while Frantz tucked home 14 kills on a team-high .324 hitting percentage.

Setter Danielle Busch (Claymont, Del./Wilmington Charter) had a very productive afternoon with 60 assists and 11 digs.

Senior libero Cara Kapson (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) led the defensive effort with 21 digs while fellow fourth-year player Casey Renninger (Pottsville, Pa./Blue Mountain) kept UPJ off-balance with five service aces.

Lycoming is next in action Wednesday, October 19, as King’s College visits Williamsport for a Freedom Conference match up.  Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. in Lamade Gymnasium.