Warriors Let One Slip Away

Center Valley, Pa. – Lycoming was up 2-0 after a pair of impressive games against DeSales University on Wednesday night, but came out flat in the final three stanzas to drop the first Freedom Conference match of the season 3-2 in Center Valley.  The Warriors won the first two games by the same 30-24 total, but lost the final three 23-30, 22-30, and 7-15.

The loss drops Lycoming to 2-9 overall, 0-1 in the Freedom Conference.

Junior Hannah White (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg Area) added a third prong to Lycoming’s usual two-tiered attack in joining fellow third-year players Lindsay Artz (Hegins, Pa./Tri-Valley) and Cassandra Kapson (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) with strong offensive matches.  Artz recorded 20 kills and five digs to go along with four block assists.  Kapson bunched 15 kills with 10 digs with her own quartet of assisted blocks.  White attacked successfully on 10 occasions with three blocked shots.

Sophomore Danielle Busch (Claymont, Del./Wilmington Charter) and freshman Jennifer Snyder (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester) shared the setting duties.  Snyder racked up 23 assists and 10 digs while Busch helped set up 21 kills for her attacking teammates.

Freshman Heather Frantz (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area) and senior Casey Renninger (Pottsville, Pa./Blue Mountain) frustrated the DeSales backline with excellent serving performances.  Frantz notched six service aces while Renninger recorded four.

Senior libero Cara Kapson (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) led the defensive effort with a dozen digs of Bulldog attacks.

Lycoming is next in action this weekend as the Warriors host the 2005 Warrior Classic Volleyball Tournament.  Participating in the tourney will be teams from Dickinson College, Marywood University, Penn College, and Penn State-Behrend.  Matches start on Friday afternoon at 4:00 p.m in Lamade Gymnasium.