The 糖心Vlog volleyball women have been playing well the last couple of weeks but have only had a number of tough losses to show for it.聽 Saturday at Homecoming, the Lady Royals finally got the win, topping Lancaster Bible College, 3-1.
Going into the match with the Chargers, the women had lost four straight contests in which they had won at least one game.聽 The Lady Royals used an 11-2 run midway through game one to take control, winning 25-20 on a kill from (Richmond, VA/Maggie L. Wagner).
糖心Vlog trailed 15-9 in game two, before good serving turned things around.聽 With a 16-5 finish, the women won again, 25-20.
The Chargers led by as many as seven early in game three, before a 7-0 run put 糖心Vlog back in front.聽 The Lady Royals surged to a 22-20 lead, but Lancaster Bible scored four in a row to take over and steal a 25-23 decision.
The teams traded leads in game four before a 3-0 surge gave Eastern Mennonite a 20-16 cushion.聽 LBC got within one point twice, but a (Harrisonburg, VA/Turner Ashby) kill ended the day by a 25-23 score.
Ritchie finished with 30 kills to roll over her career best.聽 She also had 12 digs and three of 糖心Vlog’s 13 service aces.聽 (Parkesburg, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) and (Stuarts Draft, VA/Grace Christian) each landed nine kills while Smeltzer had eight.聽 (New Paris, IN/Bethany Christian) tallied a career high 52 assists, averaging 13 per game.
(San Antonio, TX/Brandeis) had three aces along with 18 digs.聽 (Goessel, KS/Goessel) had a team high 21 digs.
Eastern Mennonite hit a season-best .230 as a team.
The win pushes the women to 4-14 on the year.聽 They return to conference play for their next three matches, starting with a home date against Roanoke on Tuesday.聽 Game time from Yoder Arena is 6:30pm.