Alice Lloyd Volleyball Concludes Regular Season in Pennsylvania

The Alice Lloyd Lady Eagles volleyball team traveled to Pittsburgh (PA) on November 4th for the final River States Conference matchup of the year. Their opponent would be the Point Park Lady Pioneers (8-20; 5-14 RSC). The home club would be challenged hard but pull out the win in three games.

 November 4th

Point Park-3; ALC- 0

The Lady Eagles put up a good fight before falling short. In set 1, the game was tight throughout, with seven ties. The visitors would make a nice run past the midway point to go up 19-16 and then see PPU tie things at 20-20.

With the score knotted up, the hosts scored 3 consecutive points to move ahead 23-20, only to see the Caney Creek crew use an error, plus a kill by Tianna Wesley, to get within one (23-22). However, the Pennsylvania squad would get back-to-back kills and pull out the 25-22 win.

In set 2, Point Park came out on fire and raced to a 10-3 lead. From there, they kept the pedal down and moved ahead 20-6. They would cruise to the finish line sporting a 25-7 win.

In set 3, ALC was determined to make amends from the previous game and looked like a different team. The fans were treated to a well-played set that saw significant action by both combatants.

 PPU led early, 8-5, only to watch the Kentucky squad roll out a 7-4 burst to tie the game at 12-12. From there, the squads traded shots, and the match would be tied at 15,16 and 18 before the hosts slowly inched ahead, 23-20. On the verge of falling, the Pippa Passes posse promptly used a Pioneer error and kills from TK Ellis and Kyleah Ward to tie things once again at 23-23.

An error by ALC gave the big city squad a 24-23 edge, but the visitors had Ellis smash a shot that retied the game at 24. Unfortunately, PPU would manage to come through with consecutive kills and finally vanquish the gutsy Lady Eagles, 26-24.

 As far as team stats, the home squad led in kills (45-24), assists (39-16), digs (36-26) and aces (9-5).  ALC led in block assists (12-10). Individually, for the match, Taylor Hamilton led ALC (3-28; 0-19 RSC) with 9 assists. Wesley and Ellis both had 6 kills, and Lakyn Porter added 4. Caroline Parsons produced 7 digs, Gracie Gibson chipped in with 6, and Ellis finished just behind with 5. In addition, Hamilton smacked 3 service aces, and Ward and Brooklyn Cheek delivered 3 total blocks each.

The Lady Eagles will return to action on Monday, November 6^th, in Gallatin, Tennessee, when they play in the NCCAA Mideast Regional Tournament at Welch College. At 6:00 pm (EST), the #1 seeded Boyce College Bulldogs battle the #4 seeded Appalachian Bible Warriors. Then, at 8:00 pm (EST), the #2 seeded Welch College Flames host the #3 seeded ALC Lady Eagles. The two winners will advance to the championship the following day at 6:30 p.m. (EST). A berth in the NCCAA DII Volleyball National Championship awaits the winner.