ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Dickinson volleyball team fought hard on Wednesday night, erasing a 2-1 deficit en route to a five-set win over the Mules of Muhlenberg College in Allentown.
First set
- With the Devils leading 4-3, a 6-2 run by the visitors extended that lead to 10-5 on a run that featured two kills by Jessica Currie.
- The Mules worked back into a tie at 14, getting two kills from Lizzie Steinkamp during the run.
- A Chloe Gaglione ace gave the Mules their first lead of the set at 20-19.
- With the set tied at 23 following a Mallie Thomas kill, the hosts got two kills courtesy of Andrea Romero-Agosto and Abigail Oswari to take the first set, 25-23.
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Second set
- This set was very back-and-forth to start, with the score being tied at 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 over the first 18 points.
- Muhlenberg took a 13-10 lead after the balanced start, but two kills from Caroline Cusson and one from Brenna Williams brought the score back to even at 13 apiece.
- A block by Currie and Emery Fishbach gave the Devils a 16-15 lead.
- After more back-and-forth action, a kill from Romero-Agosto put the Mules up 25-24 and set up set point for the home team.
- The Devils rattled off three straight points to close the set in their favor, 27-25, behind kills from Currie and Thomas.
Third set
- Kills from Cusson and Thomas gave the Devils a 5-1 lead after six points.
- The Mules came back and evened up the score; there would be ties at 5, 6, 8, 11, and 12 in this set.
- A block by Steinkamp and Romero-Agosto gave the hosts a four-point lead at 18-14.
- With the Mules leading 19-15, the Red and White went on a 6-0 run including a Thomas ace, a Kylie Schner kill, and punctuated by a Schner/Fishbach block to take a 21-19 lead.
- A block by Cusson and Norah Oppenheim set up set point for the Red Devils at 24-21.
- The Mules responded with three straight points including a Jenny Ryan ace to tie it.
- Despite the Red and White taking a 25-24 lead, the hosts would score the final three points of the set, with an Olivia Bruno kill closing the set for the Mules at 27-25 and giving them a 2-1 lead.
Fourth set
- Williams opened the set with an ace for the Devils, the first of seven consecutive points scored by the visitors to open the set.
- The Mules brought their deficit down to just 13-10, but kills by Thomas and Oppenheim brought the Devil lead back to five.
- A Thomas ace brought the lead to 22-13 in Dickinson's favor.
- A Fishbach kill brought the Devils within two points of taking the set.
- After a Muhlenberg attack error set up set point for the Red and White, the set ended the same way it began — with a Williams ace. This was enough for the Devils to close the set at 25-19 and force a decisive fifth set.
Fifth set
- With the score tied at two each, the Red Devils scored ten of the next eleven points behind three Currie kills, taking a 12-3 lead.
- The Devils scored two more to set up match point before the Mules responded with three straight points to cut the Devil advantage to 14-9.
- A Lora Flynn kill gave the Devils the decisive 15th point in the set on the very next point, closing the set at 15-9 and the match to Dickinson, 3-2.
