Box Score LANGHORNE, PA -The Women's Volleyball team was able to get back to their winning ways as they welcomed CSAC foe the Keystone Giants to the Mason Activity Center Saturday afternoon. The Highlanders walked away with a 3-0 sweep of the Giants with scores of 25-22, 25-20, and 25-22.
Box ScoreAll three sets were tightly contested battles,with neither team going on large runs to distance themselves from the other. Cairn's offensive attack was on point and balanced seeing three Highlanders reach the double digit kill mark led by
Kate Steger with a game high 16 kills, and
Brigid Shehan and
Whitney Seidel tied with 10 kills each respectively. All three of Cairn's big hitters recorded hitting percentages of over .300. Freshman setter
Sami Delfino has now recorded double digit assists in all 16 matches she has played in, having a game of 29 assists Saturday afternoon against Keystone.
Set one saw the Highlanders down early, but never giving up. In previous matches, the Highlanders have gotten off to slow starts in the first set,but on Saturday,Cairn was resilient and tied the set at 11 points and then never looked back to go on to win by a score of 25-22.
"I think it was a total team effort. Everyone was really stepping up, going for everything that they needed to go for and being aggressive. It was great and fun to play in" said Bridgid Sheehan.
Set two saw Cairn down early again, this time the Highlanders tied the set at 12 and then used a team effort of kills, aces, and capitalizing on miscues from Keystone to come from behind again and win 25-20.
Although close, the third and final set saw Cairn in front for the whole set. Cairn was up 20-15 which prompted a Giants timeout. Out of the timeout, Keystone cut the Highlanders lead to two points with a score of 23-21. Cairn was too much for Keystone and they were able to get the final point of the day with a kill from Steger to win 25-22.
Sophomore Kate Steger had this to say about the teams performance. "I think tonight we played as a team for the first time this season and it really showed in how we executed our kills and passes. We just really worked as a unit and it worked."
The Highlanders just started a five game homestand, and will continue CSAC play Wedneday evening welcoming Notre Dame of Maryland to the Mason Activity Center.
