River Hawks Ease Past Gophers

TOWSON, Md. - Visiting Susquehanna University eased past Goucher College to take a 3-0 Landmark Conference women's volleyball victory Wednesday evening at the Decker Sports and Recreation Center.  Set scores were 25-12, 25-11, 25-18.

• Goucher (5-13, 0-3 Landmark) jumped out to a 5-1 lead capped by back-to-back kills by Amel Lightfoot (Columbia, Md. / Oakland Mills) and Eden Adcock (Stratford, N.J. / Sterling Regional).
• Susquehanna (15-5, 3-1 Landmark) forged a 10-10 tie, then took its first lead of the match, 12-11, on a Gopher attack error.
• After a kill by Rachel Chapman (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville Chili) tied the set 12-12, the River Hawks scored the final 13 points of the set to take a 1-0 lead.

• The River Hawks took control of the second set with eight straight points to build a 12-3 lead.
• A kill by Kaya Melchor (Mililani, Hawaii / Kamehameha Schools Kapalama) stopped the Susquehanna run.
• Goucher cut the lead to seven, 13-6, on an Elizabeth Bobo (Milford, Pa. / Delaware Valley) kill but that was as close as the hosts got in the second.

• Goucher used four straight points, including a pair of Chapman kills and a Nicole Kovach (New York, N.Y./Quest to Learn) service ace to take a 4-3 lead.
• After five ties, the River Hawks reeled off four straight points to build a 12-9 lead.
• Trailing 23-13, the Gophers scored four straight points that included a Melchor service ace.

• Chapman led Goucher with eight kills, while Bobo tallied six.
• Chapman also had a pair of blocks.
• Neli La Court Ruiz (York, Pa. / Northeastern) posted 16 digs, her 10th straight match with double-digit digs.
• Kovach finished with 17 assists, eight digs and a pair of service aces.
• Susquehanna, which extended its win streak to four, hit .340 on the evening.

• Goucher is idle until next Wednesday when it travels to Penn State Harrisburg for a 7 pm non-conference match.