BETHLEHEM, Pa, - The nationally ranked and top-seeded Northampton women's volleyball team advanced to the NJCAA East A District championship match with a convincing 25-14, 25-21, 25-22 sweep over #8 seed RCSJ-Gloucester on Wednesday evening at the Arthur L. Scott Center.
Amanda Rivera (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) led the Spartans with 10 kills, 1 service ace, 6 digs and 1 solo block.
Quinn Micheli (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) put forward a strong offensive effort with 9 kills, 3 service aces and 10 digs and
Kornelia Wszolek (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) helped control the net with 8 kills, 3 digs and 4 solo blocks.
Allie Keck (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) contributed with 30 assists, 3 digs, 4 service aces and 3 solo blocks and
Emily Marcial (Allentown, PA/Executive Charter) anchored down the defense with 20 digs.
"Good to see us take care of business tonight and get ourselves back to the district final," commented Spartans Head Coach
Rachael Aquila, "This was a goal from the beginning of the year and now we just need to go and get it done on Saturday. I was very pleased with how we played today and felt we did a nice job controlling the net. I saw some big swings tonight from our hitters and we are tough to defend when we can get those looks. It takes a complete team effort to run the offense and I felt we were very good tonight in those areas."
Northampton improves to 15-6 overall with the victory while RCSJ-Gloucester ends their season at 10-7.
Northampton, who Received Votes in the most recent NJCAA national poll, will now take on #4 seed Raritan Valley on Saturday afternoon in the NJCAA East A District championship at 2pm at the Physical Education Building on the campus of Raritan Valley Community College.
The winner advances to the NJCAA DIII National Championship tournament at the College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, November 12-14.
