LA PLUME, PA- The Keystone College women's volleyball team earned a five-set victory over Wilson College on Saturday, recording four performances that rank among the program's all-time single-match leaders before closing the day against Alfred State at the Gambal Athletic Center.
The Giants defeated Wilson 3-2 by set scores of 16-25, 25-15, 25-19, 21-25 and 15-13 to pick up their first United East Conference victory of the season. Anna Johnson (Niles, MI/Niles) finished with 39 assists, the 10th-highest single-match total in program history, while Rachel Davis (Mont Belvieu, TX/Barbers Hill) recorded seven blocks to tie for sixth all time. Keystone's 53 kills tied for 10th in the program record book, and its 11 team blocks tied for fifth.
Keystone 3, Wilson 2
Keystone rallied after dropping the opening set, taking the next two before securing the match with a two-point victory in the deciding fifth set.
The Giants settled into their offense in the second, putting down 10 kills against just three attack errors for a .259 hitting percentage. Keystone took the set 25-15 to even the match, then followed with its highest kill total of the contest in the third. The Giants collected 15 kills in that frame to earn a 25-19 win and move ahead two sets to one.
Wilson forced a fifth set with a 25-21 victory in the fourth, a frame that featured eight ties and six lead changes. The deciding set was closely contested as well, with seven ties and four lead changes. Keystone finished with eight kills in the fifth and pulled out the 15-13 victory to complete the conference win.
Madison Woods (Camrose, Alberta, Canada/Ecole Camrose Composite) led the Giants with 15 kills and 16 digs, recording a double-double while hitting .297 on 37 attempts. Woods also contributed two assists, a service ace and a block assist.
Johnson added a double-double of her own, pairing her 39 assists with 13 digs. She also recorded two kills without an attack error as she directed an offense that featured three players with double-digit kills.
Davis finished with 10 kills and a .217 hitting percentage alongside her seven blocks. Five of those blocks were solo stops, with two block assists rounding out her total. Her work at the net helped Keystone reach its 11-block mark and contributed to a performance that placed both Davis and the team among the program's single-match leaders.
Hannah Ely (Wyalusing, PA/Wyalusing Valley Jr./Sr.) added 11 kills, eight digs, two service aces and a block assist. Nakaya Cridge (New Castle, IN/South Henry School Corporation) contributed seven kills on a .313 hitting percentage, along with five digs, two aces and two blocks. Isabella Buonopane (Wake Forest, N.C./Archbishop Williams) also recorded seven kills and added two solo blocks.
Nat Reyes (Lamont, CA/Arvin) led Keystone's back-row defense with 21 digs and added an ace and an assist. The Giants finished with 79 digs, with Reyes, Woods and Johnson each reaching double figures. Taylor Stephenson (Duryea, PA/Pittston Area) and Sydney Frasier (Loveland, CO/Thompson Valley) supplied five digs apiece, while Chloe Ibarra (Denver, CO/Northglenn) contributed a kill and a block assist.
Alfred State 3, Keystone 0
Keystone closed the afternoon against Alfred State, falling in three sets by scores of 21-25, 13-25 and 24-26.
The opening set featured 11 ties and four lead changes as the Giants kept pace throughout a competitive frame. Keystone recorded 12 kills before Alfred State took the set, then looked to regroup after dropping the second.
The Giants put together their strongest offensive set of the match in the third, collecting 13 kills with just four attack errors for a .220 hitting percentage. The frame included nine ties and five lead changes, with Alfred State needing extra points to secure the 26-24 decision.
Ely led Keystone with 13 kills, six digs and two blocks, finishing the day with 24 kills across the two matches. Davis and Woods added six kills apiece. Davis hit .286 and contributed three digs and a block assist, while Woods finished with five digs, three assists and a service ace.
Johnson recorded 23 assists, eight digs, two kills and an ace. Reyes again paced the defense, collecting 13 digs, while Naema Alatorre (Brownsville, TX/Idea Frontier) added six.
Buonopane contributed two kills on four attempts without an error. Cridge added two kills and a solo block, and Frasier finished with a kill and a dig. Keystone totaled 32 kills, 42 digs and three team blocks in the match.
The Giants finished the day with a 4-15 overall record and a 1-1 mark in United East play.
