The Mercyhurst University Volleyball team was victorious on Saturday afternoon inside the Mercyhurst Athletic Center in what was Head Coach Ryan Patton's 250th career victory.
The score in the first set tilted back and forth between the two teams for the duration of the period, Mercyhurst was able to pull away at the end of the set to take the first set 25-23. Hailey Wilson had four kills and two aces to pace the Lakers, Hannah Vuylsteke also had two aces from the service line.Â
In the second set, both teams had lengthy scoring runs, and it was the Lakers again who came out on top by a score of 25-22.
Hannah Vuylsteke was dominant from the service line again in this set as she rattled off five straight aces at one point.Â
Seton Hill took the third set from the Lakers 25-20 in a closely fought set,
Hailey Wilson and
Madison Kasper each knocked down two kills in that set.
The Lakers took control of the fourth set as they came out and scored the first nine points of the set. The Griffins contested the Lakers late, however Mercyhurst came out victorious in the fourth 25-22. Kasper finished her day with a team high 13 kills, Wilson followed with 10 of her own. Vuylsteke paced the Lakers in aces (8) and digs (21) in the redshirt seniors final game as a Laker.
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