Lackawanna College

10/17/26
 
SCRANTON, Pa. – Bloomsburg overcame errors in attack and put ten aces on the Falcons to sweep past Lackawanna College women's volleyball in straight sets (25-19, 25-16, 25-20) on Saturday afternoon inside the historic Lackawanna College Student Union gymnasium.
 
The Falcons (0-14) hit at .054 for the match and had seven blocks, but committed 18 attack errors, eight service errors, and ten aces to the opposition, while Bloomsburg (9-11) hit .129, posted ten aces, and managed to survive 23 attack errors on the day.
 
Jana Hofmann (Colorado Springs, CO) had a team-high nine kills on .286 hitting, posting an ace and six digs on the day. Ciona Braziel (Fort Worth, TX) and Angelique Fuentes (Miami, FL) each had four kills, with Braziel posting two solo blocks and Fuentes getting an ace. Kaitlyn Reed (Aurora, CO) had three aces and eight assists, while Adalee Rosado Rivera (Guyama, Puerto Rico) led the Falcons with 17 digs and Nadia Toth (Dalton, PA) had four blocks and two kills.
 
Early on, Bloomsburg built a 5-1 lead in the first set, and the lead ballooned out to eight at 14-6. The Falcons scored three of the next four, taking advantage of a pair of Bloomsburg errors and a Braziel kill, but Bloomsburg went up 17-9 before the Falcons really found their footing, scoring six-straight points to get within 17-15, boosted by three attack errors, two aces from Reed, and a kill from Hofmann. Bloomsburg responded, though, scoring the next four points to get a six-point lead, and the Huskies pulled away for the first set win at 25-19.
 
Set two started similarly to set one, with Bloom building an early advantage, but the Falcons managed to keep things tight, getting a pair of kills from Fuentes, along with a kill each from Braziel and Hofmann to get within 8-6. Another kill from Reagan Cummins (Covington, KY) made it 9-7, and Cummins and Braziel posted a pair of kills to get Lackawanna within 10-9. Bloomsburg scored twice, and the Falcons scored two more on back-to-back kills from Hofmann, but Bloomsburg kept trying to pull away. The Huskies scored four-in-a-row, the Falcons followed with three, and it was 16-14 Huskies when Bloom finally hit a sustained run, scoring nine of the final eleven points to win set two at 25-16.
 
It was Lackawanna's turn to start strong in set three, as the Falcons used two kills and an ace from Hofmann, plus kills from Reed and Toth and errors from Bloom to go up 8-2. The Huskies, undaunted, ran off six-straight points to get back to even at 8-8, taking advantage of three Lackawanna attack errors. The teams traded points, and the Falcons tried to pull away, but neither team could clean things up. Six-straight points came on attack errors, and the Falcons led 13-11, but Bloomsburg kept trying to close the gap. Kills from Hofmann and Toth made it 17-15, and another kill, this time from Aryanna Brown (Chester, NY), pushed it to 18-16, but Bloom kept coming, and the Huskies finally took the lead at 20-19 after a service error and a kill. The Falcons tied the set at 20-20 on a BU service error, but the Huskies closed with three kills, an ace, and a Lackawanna attack error to take set three at 25-20 and clinch the match.
 
The Falcons are still searching for their first win, and they'll attempt to pick it up in the next game on Wednesday, October 21^st, when Lackawanna College is set to play NCAA Division III Wilkes University inside the historic Lackawanna College Student Union gymnasium.