ANNVILLE, PA - Rowan Women's Volleyball rallied back from a 1-0 deficit at Lebanon Valley College on Friday night to defeat the Dutchmen, 3-1. The win goes in as the Profs' fourteenth in a row, and sixteenth overall.
The first set was tied up until the 10-10 mark, but Lebanon Valley (10-7; 2-1) gained a lead at 11-10 that was never surrended. The final score of the first set was 25-19.
Rowan (16-2; 3-0) led in the second, 15-11, but allowed a 4-1 run from Lebanon Valley to tie the set at 15-15. The two battled back and forth until the score 20-20, when Rowan went on a run of their own to win the set, 25-21. The Profs' run included one kill each by
Meredith Brown,
Abigail Bivona, and
Abby Chadwick.
The third set included back-and-forth play as well, with a tie up to the 14-14 mark.
Abby Chadwick earned a kill to give Rowan a 15-14 lead.The set stayed close, but Rowan never surrended their its lead and took the set, 25-22.
The Dutchmen held a 23-17 lead in the fourth set, which is where Rowan began a comeback run to win the match in four sets. Chadwick was a major player in the comeback effort, registering four kills in the final 11 points.
Alexa Kelleher tallied two in the stretch, while
Abigail Bivona tallied one.Â
Chadwick led Rowan in kills with 18, while
Alexa Kelleher contributed eight, and freshman
Meredith Brown tallied a career high eight.
Raven Albrecht contributed 30 assists, and
Gabriella Cooper tallied 24 digs.
The Profs will turn the page back to NJAC play on Tuesday, October 13 against Stockton in their annual Dig Pink game for Breast Cancer Awareness.
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