Lackawanna College

10/30/26
 
SCRANTON, Pa. – Lackawanna College women's volleyball could never quite get its offense into gear on Friday night, as Bloomsburg played great defense on its way to a three-set sweep of the Falcons (25-17, 25-18, 25-14) inside Nelson Field House.
 
The Falcons (0-18) hit .051 for the match, while Bloomsburg (11-12) hit .276, posted eleven aces, and out-blocked the Falcons for the night. Bloomsburg out-dug the Falcons, 43-28, and Lackawanna couldn't take advantage of eleven service errors from Bloomsburg.
 
Sophia Bedics (Bethlehem, PA) had four kills and a pair of aces in her first game in nearly a month, while Jana Hofmann (Colorado Springs, CO) and Ciona Braziel (Fort Worth, TX) each had three kills. Syriana Smith (Houston, TX) had seven assists, while Adalee Rosado Rivera (Guyama, Puerto Rico) had eleven digs and two aces.
 
Early on, the Falcons led 3-1 in set one through two-straight aces and an error, but Bloom ran off six-straight points to take control at 7-3. The lead continued to expand, with Bloomsburg scoring seven of the next nine points to balloon out to 14-5. The Falcons tried to keep things even and had it at 20-13, but Bloomsburg scored four-straight to get to set point at 24-13. The Falcons managed to score four-straight points through three errors from Bloomsburg and a kill from Hofmann, but the Huskies managed to win the next point and the set at 25-17.
 
In set two, Lackawanna built a 6-3 advantage through a Bedics ace, a kill from Aryana Brown (Chester, NY), and four errors from Bloomsburg. The Huskies fought back to get it to 7-7, but the Falcons scored three more on kills from Braziel and Bedics, as well as another error from Bloomsburg. The Falcons still led 12-9, but Bloomsburg rattled seven of the next eight points to take a 16-13 lead. Lackawanna got back within 16-15, but Bloomsburg ran off six points to make it 22-15. A kill from Nadia Toth (Dalton, PA), as well as another from Hofmann and a service error from Bloomsburg got the Falcons to within 23-18, but Bloom scored the final two points to take the set and go up 2-0.
 
Set three started with Bloomsburg running off six of the first seven points for a 6-1 advantage. Lackawanna got within 7-4, but Bloomsburg hit another six-point run to make it 13-4, and the Huskies extended their lead out to 17-6. Lackawanna College couldn't quite close the gap, and Bloomsburg eventually found the finish at 25-14.
 
Lackawanna College will get back to work on Saturday, October 31^st, with an away contest at East Stroudsburg University, starting at 4:00pm ET inside Koehler Fieldhouse on ESU's campus.