IMMACULATA, PA- The Keystone College women's volleyball team picked up a second-set victory in a four-set match at Immaculata University on Tuesday evening. Hannah Ely (Wyalusing, PA/Wyalusing Valley Jr./Sr.) led the Giants with five kills, while Nat Reyes (Lamont, CA/Arvin) finished with a team-high 17 digs in the nonconference contest at Alumnae Hall.
Keystone fell 3-1 by set scores of 13-25, 25-18, 10-25 and 12-25. The Giants are now 3-14 overall and remain 0-1 in United East Conference play.
After dropping the opening set, Keystone answered with its best offensive performance of the evening. The Giants put down 10 kills in the second set, doubling their first-set total, and hit .118 on 34 attempts. Keystone took the frame 25-18 to tie the match at one set apiece before Immaculata claimed the final two sets.
Ely added eight digs and a service ace to her five kills. Madison Woods (Camrose, Alberta, Canada/Ecole Camrose Composite) and Rachel Davis (Mont Belvieu, TX/Barbers Hill) each finished with four kills, while Kayjanai Gatlin (San Bernardino, CA/Rialto) chipped in three kills and one dig. Isabella Buonopane (Wake Forest, N.C./Archbishop Williams) and Nakaya Cridge (New Castle, IN/South Henry School Corporation) contributed two kills apiece, with Buonopane also recording a solo block.
Anna Johnson (Niles, MI/Niles) handed out 13 assists to lead Keystone and matched Ely with eight digs. She also added a kill and a service ace. Naema Alatorre (Brownsville, TX/Idea Frontier) finished with five assists, two aces and three digs in three sets, while Reyes contributed two assists.
Reyes anchored the back row with 17 of Keystone's 51 digs. Behind Reyes, Ely and Johnson, Cridge collected six digs and Buonopane added five. Lilly Mittelstadt (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/St. Francis) recorded two digs in one set of action, while Gatlin and Taylor Stephenson (Duryea, PA/Pittston Area) each added one.
At the service line, Cridge led the Giants with three aces. Alatorre followed with two, and Ely and Johnson each had one as Keystone finished with seven aces.
Chloe Ibarra (Denver, CO/Northglenn) added a kill in two sets of action, giving the Giants eight players with at least one kill. Keystone finished the night with 22 kills, 20 assists and 51 digs.
