DELHI, N.Y. - The Delhi Broncos Women's Volleyball team hosted their 2^nd Tri-Match of the season Saturday, Sept 27th where they faced off against the Marywood Pacers and the Elmira Soaring Eagles. The Broncos would fall in three straight sets to the Pacers before winning their first match of the season, getting the best of the Soaring Eagles in four sets. 

 

In the opening match of the day, the Broncos struggled to get things going against the Pacers, with junior Kayla Nuss tallying five kills and six digs and senior Audrey Logsdon leading the team in digs with seven.  Senior Laurel Poston also aided the Bronco offense with nine assists of her own. The Broncos faced against a well-rounded Pacers squad that saw Carolina Samaniego record a team high eight kills to go along with Ayla Bransford's 12 assists. Catie Woolf led the Pacers defensively with 16 digs. 

 

In the afternoon, The Broncos would flip the script and win their first match of the season. In the first set, The Soaring Eagles started off hot getting out to an 11-7 lead. Nuss and Poston would go back and forth collecting four straight points for the Broncos, leveling the set at 11. For the rest of the set they never looked back, outscoring Elmira 14-7 to win their first set of the season 25-18. The Soaring Eagles would forget about the first set quickly, taking a lead early in the second set that they never gave up, winning the set 25-19. The Broncos would charge out to a 10-4 lead to start the third set, putting a halt to the Soaring Eagles offense. The Broncos would find themselves leading 22-19 before they scored three straight points behind the efforts of junior Noelle Placanica and Nuss each earning a kill before a Soaring Eagles attacking error ended the set. With the Broncos facing match point for the first time on the year they would not hesitate getting themselves out to a dominant 15-6 lead. The Soaring Eagles would not go down quietly though, coming back to a mere two point deficit at 23-21. Delhi perservered, earning two points in a row to win the fourth and final set 25-21.

 

Kayla Nuss would lead the way again offensively for Delhi, earning 19 kills and surpassing her season high while Audrey Logsdon also broke her season record, recording a team high 23 digs to lead the Broncos defensively. Laurel Poston had herself a day tallying a season high as well with 39 assists to go along with nine digs. Placanica and first year Faith Sheltra would add nine and seven kills respectively while first year Skylar Furtado would tally nine digs herself. Morgan Sica and Gabriella Rustine shouldered the load for the Soaring Eagles earning 12 kills and 10 kills. Gabriella Rodriguez would add 13 digs of her own while Alyson Hagberg managed 27 assists. 

 

The Delhi Women's Volleyball team will take on Lesley in their NAC Conference Opener at Floyd L. Maines Arena Friday, Oct. 3rd starting at 7:00pm.

 

Recap by Chris Lazazzaro