Warrior Volleyball Splits at Messiah

Grantham, Pa. – Lycoming College volleyball finished its regular season schedule by splitting a pair of matches as part of a tri-match at Messiah College on Saturday afternoon.  The Warriors fell to Marymount University 3-1 (30-28, 30-22, 24-30, 30-19), but came back with a big 3-2 victory over Messiah (23-30, 30-21, 30-18, 27-30, 15-8).

Against Marymount, Lycoming came out strong in the first game with 15 kills and a .238 hitting percentage, but the Saints fought just as hard to win that first set.  The Warriors didn’t regroup until the third game when they notched a six-point victory, but fell off-track in game four with almost as many hitting errors (10) as they had kills (12).

Lycoming was consistent throughout all five games in victory over Messiah College by scoring at least 23 points in each set.  Middle hitter Cassandra Kapson (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) continued her bid for a second straight player of the week award with her best match of the season.  The junior standout racked up personal season-best 27 kills against only five errors in 67 attempts for an impressive .328 hitting percentage.  She added 12 digs and five aces to her efforts.

Fellow middle hitter Lindsey Artz (Hegins, Pa./Tri-Valley) sustained her march towards the top of the Lycoming record books with an 18-kill 27-dig showing.  She also blocked four attack attempts.  Her 497 kills this season, the fourth-highest total in any one campaign in Lycoming history, give her 1,505 for her career and rank her third all-time behind Tracey Hracho (1996-1999; 1,650 kills).

Freshman Heather Frantz (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area) added good support with nine kills while fellow first year players Terra Erway (Coudersport, Pa./Coudersport) and Katie Pazamickas (Sunbury, Pa./Lourdes Regional) added six apiece.

Senior libero Cara Kapson (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) recorded a season-high 38 digs in leading the defensive effort.

Lycoming is seeded third in the upcoming Freedom Conference tournament.  The Warriors travel to DeSales University on Wednesday, November 2, for a 7:00 p.m. first round match up against the second-seeded Bulldogs.