Boxscore vs. Mercy
Boxscore vs. Saint Anselm
DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The Goldey-Beacom College volleyball team lost 3-1 to host Mercy College (25-22, 13-25, 18-25, 12-25) but came back to beat Saint Anselm College, 3-1 (16-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-22) in a non-league tri-match on Sat. afternoon.
Match 1: Mercy 3, GBC 1
Freshman Tyla Wells had her second straight double-figure kill match with 12 to lead the Lightning against Mercy while sophomore setter Monica Dempsey had 21 assists. Junior Roni Shaner led the team defensively with 12 digs.
Also, Freshman Rebecca Stoffer pitched in with five kills and five blocks, three of them solo stops. Sophomore Catherine Howard also tallied five kills and three blocks (two solo).
The Lightning took the first set, 25-22, but the Mavericks (1-0) came roaring back to win the next three sets and win their season opener.
GBC had no answer for Mercy's Nicolette Gebhardt, who hit an impressive .341 percent and had 22 kills to go with one service ace and seven digs. Rebecca Lynch led the Mavericks with 37 assists to go with 10 digs, and Mirlusca Montes had a game-high 18 digs for the match.
Match 2: GBC 3, Saint Anselm 1
Against Saint Anselm, Shaner led the Lightning with nine kills, 11 digs and two service aces, while Dempsey collected 25 assists, three service aces and 14 digs. Freshman Stephanie Kline tallied a team-high four aces for the match.
Sophomore Catherine Howard also impressed with a career-high seven kills, and five blocks (one solo, four assists).
The Lightning fell down 1-0 after they lost the first set 25-16, but came back to take the next three sets to claim their second victory of the season.
With the score tied at 23 apiece in the second game, Shaner came up with a clutch kill off an assist from Dempsey to put the Lightning in front 24-23. She then served for the game point, and Catherine Howard came up with one of her five blocks to give GBC the set victory, 25-23.
Goldey-Beacom scored the first four points in the third set, and then gradually pulled away with leads of 10-5 and 19-10 as the Lightning cruised to a 25-15 third-set victory.
The fourth and final set saw GBC come back from a 19-17 deficit to ultimately win the set, 25-22. Dempsey's kill off an assist from senior Lauren Witzke started a 4-0 run that gave the Lightning a 21-19 lead. Howard and Shaner each added a kill during this run.
GBC shut the door on STA after a Lauren Ross kill brought the Hawks within one, 23-22. Wells came up with a clutch kill to bring the set to match point, and then the match ended on an STA attack error.
The Lightning (2-1) will host their first home game of the season on Tues. night at 6 p.m. in the Joseph West Jones Center versus Lincoln University. GBC won both matches against the Lions last year.
