10/16/25
 
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lackawanna College women's volleyball put up a fight through the first two sets, but top-ten Northampton CC eventually ran away from the Falcons for the four-set victory (22-25, 27-25, 25-13, 25-14) on Thursday night in non-region play at the Arthur L. Scott Spartan Center at Northampton.
 
The Falcons (8-10) were dynamite through the first set, going toe-to-toe with the Division III #7 Spartans (23-1). With the teams knotted at 22-22, the Falcons managed to score the final three points for the set one win. Lackawanna pulled ahead on a combo block by Aryanna Brown (Chester, NY) and Neurdia Osias (Huntington Station, NY), got to set point on an ace from Kaitlyn Reed (Aurora, CO), then won it on a kill from Jana Hofmann (Colorado Springs, CO).
 
In set two, both teams were firing back-and-forth once more, tied at 11-11, when Brown rose up for a kill on the left side. She came down awkwardly and had to leave the game with injury. In her absence, the Falcons performed valiantly, taking a 20-17 lead at one point on an Osias kill down the middle, but a service error gave the Spartans some life, and Northampton closed the gap and tied the set at 20-20.
 
With Northampton up 22-21, Lackawanna scored on an Ellania Morales (Wharton, NJ) kill, then Mekenzie Dineen (Wilmington, DE) got an ace to put the Falcons up 23-22. An error tied the set at 23-all, and Northampton kept a point advantage past the 25-point mark. A kill down the middle beat the Lackawanna defense to give Northampton the advantage, and a monster block at the net rebounded off the Lackawanna defense and ricocheted out of bounds, giving the Spartans the second set win.
 
Despite the third set score, Lackawanna College came out with a strong start in the frame, leading 4-1 thanks to an error from Northampton, and three kills from Hofmann and Reed. Northampton later tied the set at 7-7, then got an ace to take the lead. That was the start of a 6-0 run to go ahead at 12-7, as Northampton feasted on overpasses and mistakes from the Falcons. Northampton eventually won 25-13 to take control heading into the fourth set.
 
Lackawanna didn't go quietly in the final frame, going ahead 2-0 initially and leading 5-4, but the Spartans ran off four-straight points to get ahead at 8-5. Lackawanna got within 8-7, but a service error handed serve back to Northampton. A 4-0 run had the Spartans up 12-7, but the Falcons scored another pair to get within three at 12-9. Lackawanna stayed in the set, pulling to within 16-12 on an Osias kill down the middle, but Northampton hit the gas and ended the match on a 9-2 run, scoring the final seven points to put the Falcons away.
 
Lackawanna College will get back home for a pair of matches this weekend in tri-match action, hosting Bergen CC and Atlantic Cape CC on Saturday, October 18^th. First serve is set for 10:00am ET inside the historic Lackawanna College Student Union gymnasium, as the Falcons take on Bergen CC. Bergen and Atlantic Cape will play the 12:00pm ET match, and then Atlantic Cape and the Falcons will play the 2:00pm ET contest. The 2:00pm contest will serve as Sophomore Day for the Falcons.