BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The nationally ranked Northampton women's volleyball team picked up a convincing, 3-0, win to upend visiting NJCAA DII Delaware Tech on Monday evening in front of large and animated home crowd at the Arthur L. Scott Center.
The Spartans, who Received Votes in the NJCAA national poll earlier in the day, rode the outstanding play of
Quinn Micheli (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) and
Amanda Rivera (Macungie, PA/Emmaus) to avenge a, 3-2, loss from last Monday evening on the road at the hands of Delaware Tech.
"Great way to bounce back and get things moving forward again," stated Spartans Head Coach
Rachael Aquila, "We had a tough one last week against Del Tech and I'm really proud of how we came out tonight and got things going again in our favor. We had two tough losses and a full week to think about it and I was happy to see how we responded. We left no doubt tonight."
Micheli and Rivera led the Spartans offense with 9 kills apiece with Micheli adding 9 digs and an assist and Rivera recording 8 digs.
Kornelia Wszolek (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) added 6 kills along with 2 aces and 2 solo blocks.
Allie Keck (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) chipped in with 33 assists with 5 service aces and 9 digs and
Emily Marcial (Allentown, PA/Executive Charter) locked down the back row with a team high 15 digs and 3 service aces.
The Spartans improve to 4-2 overall with the win.
Delaware Tech slides to 5-5 overall following the loss.
Northampton is back on the floor on Wednesday, September 23rd when they host Union College of Union County New Jersey at 6pm at the Arthur L. Scott Center.
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