BLUE BELL, Pa. - The nationally ranked Northampton women's volleyball team rallied in 5 sets to take down host Montgomery County Community College, 3-2, (22-25, 25-20, 27-29, 25-13, 15-11) on Wednesday evening in Region 19 action at the Health Sciences Center.
Northampton, who slid back into the NJCAA national poll earlier this week, trailed , 2-1, after three sets. The Spartans rebounded to dominate the 4th set, 25-13, evening the match at, 2-2, and took early command of the 5th set and never looked back, winning the deciding set, 15-11, for the exciting comeback win over the Mustangs.
"Give Montgomery credit tonight they gave us all they had," stated Spartans Head Coach
Rachael Aquila, "We started slow tonight and Montgomery kept the pressure on us and we just had to find a way to fight through it. We started to get going in the third set but really found our rhythm in the fourth set and were able to put things away. It was a good test tonight and it was good to see us fight through some things and find a way to come out on top."
Sophomore
Quinn Micheli (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) led the Spartans with 12 kills, 3 service aces and 9 digs and
Kornelia Wszolek (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg)Â recorded 11 kills and 9 service aces with 1 solo block.
Allie Keck (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) controlled the Spartans attack with 32 assists to go along with 14 digs and 5 service aces and 2 solo blocks.
Emily Marcial (Allentown, PA/Executive Charter) led the Spartans with 22 digs, 3 service aces and 2 assists.
Northampton improves to 13-6 overall and 9-1 in Region 19.
Montgomery County slips to 5-10 overall and 2-7 in the Region following the loss.
The Spartans wrap up their regular season on Thursday, October 22nd when they travel to Mays Landing, New Jersey to take on Atlantic Cape Community College at 6pm at the Buccaneer Center.
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