9/9/25

SCRANTON, Pa. – Lackawanna College women's volleyball stopped its three-game slide with a sweep at home over County College of Morris, 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-16) on Tuesday evening in NJCAA Region XIX Division II action at the historic Lackawanna College Student Union gymnasium.
 
The Falcons (2-4, 1-0) had to overcome slow starts in all three sets, including comeback efforts in both sets two and three. However, it was the play of the pair of outsides for the Falcons, Aryanna Brown (Chester, NY) and Jana Hofmann (Colorado Springs, CO), that pushed Lackawanna College across the finish line.
 
Brown had a team-high 14 kills, including seven in the final set, while Hofmann had 12 kills and three aces, including seven kills in set two. Middle blocker Ciona Braziel (Fort Worth, TX) had nine kills and three block assists for the Falcons.
 
Morris (0-2, 0-1) blew two separate slim leads in both the second and third sets. While Hofmann kept the Falcons afloat with her offense, Brown had a kill and back-to-back aces to push the Falcons in front at 18-16. They wouldn't look back from there, clinching on back-to-back aces from Ellania Morales (Wharton, NJ) in set two. Set three saw Morris lose a 14-12 lead when Hofmann got a kill and an ace, followed by back-to-back Brown kills to get the Falcons ahead 16-14. It was a lead they wouldn't lose, with Braziel scoring two kills and a pair of block assists with Morales down the stretch, and Brown securing the win on her seventh kill of the set.
 
Lackawanna College is back to work with an important tri-match on Saturday, September 13^th, when the Falcons will play host to Delaware Tech CC and Montgomery County CC. The Falcons will face Del Tech at 10:00am ET in match one. Match two will have Del Tech and Montco face off at 12:00pm ET. Match three will be Montco and the Falcons at 2:00pm ET. All three matches will be back-to-back inside the historic Lackawanna College Student Union gymnasium.