Devils season ends with loss to Fords in CC tournament

HAVERFORD, Pa. - For the second straight season, the Dickinson volleyball team traveled to Haverford College to face the Fords in the opening round of the Centennial Conference Tournament, and the fourth-seeded Fords again defended home court and advanced to the next round, ending the fifth-seeded Red Devils' season in the first round.

First set

• The Fords jumped out to a 6-3 lead behind a block by Gia Frank and Lolly Adair and a block by Adair and Marlee Hills.
• Dickinson cut the lead to 7-6 with two kills from Norah Oppenheim.
• The hosts scored eight of the next nine points, getting two aces and a kill from Frank along with a solo block by Fiona Moord and combined blocks from Moord and Hills, and Moord and Elizabeth Cella.
• A Mallie Thomas kill and a Lora Flynn ace brought the Ford lead down to 18-11.
• A block by Kylie Schner and Emery Fishbach and a Thomas kill brought the Devils as close as 21-14, but the Fords scored four of the last five points, with a Moord and Anna Krotky Koeppe block closing the first set in the Fords' favor, 25-15.

Second set

• The set was tied at seven when the Red and White rattled off three straight points, getting a kill from Schner, a block by Oppenheim and Caroline Cusson, and a kill from Cusson to take a 10-7 lead.
• The hosts answered right back, tying the set at 10 on a kill by Moord, a Sierra Lever ace, and a block by Moord.
• A Fishbach kill gave the visitors a 19-16 lead, but a 6-0 Ford run highlighted by two Hills kills and a Frank ace put the home team in front at 22-19.
• A Cella kill set up set point for the Fords and the Devils responded with three straight points on a Cusson kill, a Cusson and Jessica Currie block, and a Schner kill to cut the Ford lead to one at 24-23.
• Another Moord kill closed the set for Haverford, giving the Fords a two-sets-to-none lead in the match.

Third set

• The Fords jumped out to an 8-4 lead that saw blocks from Adair and Cella and Adair and Frank.
• A Currie kill and two Amanda Palo aces put the Devils back within one point at 8-7.
• The Fords then scored 11 of the next 13 points, including seven straight, to take a 19-9 lead.
• The Devils got a point back, but the Fords immediately scored three straight again, all on kills by Cella.
• The Devils scored two of the next three points, but Cella got another kill after this to set up match point and followed that with an ace to close out the set at 25-12 and give Haverford the win by a score of three sets to none.