CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Earlham College volleyball team remained unbeaten in HCAC competition with a five-set win at Mount St. Joseph University on Saturday evening.
Caylee Brandes led the offense with 17 kills, a .283 hitting percentage and three blocks.
Addison Piatt scored 13 kills, served three aces and collected 26 digs.
Maliyah Buford reached double digit kills with 12.
Emma Ledford and
Sadie Mae Calma both tallied 24 assists at the net. Calma also added 10 kills and 13 digs.
Madison Bizjak led the back row with 29 digs.
As a team, the Quakers hit 61 kills with a .170 hitting percentage and seven aces.
The Quakers swung .156 in the first set, and went on an 8-3 run to lead 18-12. Trailing 22-15, the Lions went on a 5-0 run, but the Quakers held on for the final three points to take the set.
Trailing 14-11, MSJ went on a 10-3 run to lead 21-17. After one Quaker point, the Lions scored four straight to take set two. The Lions tallied just three attacking errors with a .419 hitting percentage in the set.
The Quakers jumped out to a 14-4 lead in set three, hitting .275 with three errors in the set. MSJ scored four straight to trail 21-14, but Earlham closed the set with two straight kills.
The Lions scored nine straight points to open the fourth set, and jumped out to a 14-8 lead. Earlham hit .179 with seven errors in the frame.
Earlham jumped out to an early 7-3 lead in the final set. Leading 12-10, the Quakers ended the match with a 3-1 run.
Earlham still leads the HCAC standings now at 4-0 in conference play. Earlham travels to Rose-Hulman on Wednesday evening for a 7 pm matchup with the Engineers.
