WILKES-BARRE, PA – The SUNY Morrisville women's volleyball team led two sets to none before host Kings College battled back to force a fifth set, but the visiting Mustangs were too much of a force for the Monarchs at the net as they claimed the 3-2 match win in Wilkes-Barre Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 3, Kings 2 (set scores: 25-15, 25-16, 18-25, 20-25, 15-5)
• Location: Scandlon Gym, Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Records: Morrisville 6-10, Kings 9-4

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Visiting SUNY Morrisville upped their record to 6-10 with a 3-2 match win over host Kings College Saturday afternoon, fueled by a .370 hitting effort from junior Emily Huppee (Liberty Hill, Tex.) at the net.
• Morrisville opened with wins in the first two sets of the match, taking a 2-0 lead behind set scores of 25-15 and 25-16, but Kings battled back to force a deciding fifth set to determine the match winner.
• In the fifth, Kings tallied the first point with a service ace, before Morrisville's Hannah Taylor (Goshen, N.Y.) served four straight points, three kills coming off the hand of Huppee, to take a 4-1 set lead.
• Morrisville increased their lead to 7-2 on the next rotation, before utilizing a three-point streak to open the margin to 10-4.
• Kayci Olson (Cortland, N.Y.) held serve for three straight points, guiding the Mustangs to a 14-4 lead, before Taylor set up Keelin Baker (Vestal, N.Y.) to put away the match for the visitors and 15-5 deciding set win.
• Taylor put up 45 assists, while Huppee threw down 27 kills, adding two aces and 11 digs to her totals.
• Baker added a double-digit hitting effort with 14 kills.
• Kayla Sheasby (Hood River, Ore.) led the defensive efforts with 36 digs, Olson adding another 10 to go along with her five kills.
• Morrisville hit a match best .692 in the final set, registering 10 kills on 13 total attempts, en route to a .216 match hitting effort.

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville returns to the court in a second match against Penn St. Harrisburg at 2 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre.

 
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