Courtesy of Holy Family University Athletics

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (December 5, 2019) – The Holy Family University women's volleyball team will be heading back to the NCAA Division II East Region semifinals after defeating second-seeded Bentley University, 3-1, in the quarterfinal round on Thursday afternoon at Molloy College's Quealy Gymnasium.
 
Score: Holy Family 3, Bentley 1 (18-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-15)
Records: Holy Family (25-9, 16-3 CACC) | Bentley (26-6, 13-1 NE10)
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. (Quealy Gymnasium)

Match Recap
 
* After dropping the first set the Tigers made adjustments to open the second set and it paid off.  With Bentley ahead 9-8, the Tigers rolled off a 6-0 run to take a 14-9 advantage.  Bentley though followed with five of the next six points to come within one point of the lead.  However, the Tigers held off the Falcons rally and produced a mini 4-0 run after back-to-back kills by juniors Camille Johnson (Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake) and Carly Covington (Delmar, Md./Delmar).  Freshman Maeve Boylan (Ridley Township, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) finished the run with two straight service aces. That would be the closest the Falcons would get to the lead again as the Tigers took the set 25-19 to tie the match.
 
* In the third set Bentley held an 8-7 lead before the Tigers came through with a huge run to take control of the set.  The Tigers recorded six unanswered points, including seven of the next eight points in the set to take a 14-9 lead.  Holy Family never relinquished the lead despite the Falcons making things interesting late.  Bentley trailed 24-20 but came within one point of tying the set before the Tigers called a timeout.  Outside the timeout, Covington sealed the third set victory with a kill as the Tigers led the match 2-1.
 
* In the fourth set the Tigers had all the momentum.  Holy Family scored the first eight points of the set and never looked back. Bentley came as close as four points to the lead at 12-8 but the Tigers quickly responded with three straight points to increase the lead to 15-8. The Tigers closed out the match scoring four of the final five points, including the final point off a service error by the Falcons.
 
News and Notes
 
* Holy Family had three players record double-digit kills in the match, including freshman Allyssa Hartney (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) who totaled a match-high 15 kills to go along with five block assists.  Johnson finished with 11 kills; one shy of her career-high and only committed two errors on the attack off 35 attempts.  She also had five block assists.  Covington added 12 kills to go along with nine digs.
 
* Sophomore Morgan Silks (Norristown, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll) finished with 41 assists while recording five digs. Senior Jillian Boyle (North Andover, Mass./North Andover (Rivier College)) led the team with 21 digs, while freshman Mainerys Munoz (Stafford, Va./North Stafford) came through with 18 digs.
 
* Bentley's Dani Milner totaled 12 kills and 13 digs, while Ingrid Murphy finished with nine kills and 16 digs.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the third meeting between Holy Family and Bentley and the first since the 2014 season.  The Tigers are now 1-2 versus the Falcons in the all-time series.

ABOUT THE CACC
The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference composed of 14 institutions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The member institutions are Bloomfield College, Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College, Concordia (N.Y.) College, Dominican (N.Y.) College, Felician University, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), Nyack College, Post University of Waterbury, University of the Sciences, and Wilmington University.