Mustangs Keep Rolling as they Extend Win Streak to Nine

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GLENSIDE, Pa.- The Stevenson women's volleyball team kept things rolling, Saturday as they defeated Stockton, 3-2, and Arcadia, 3-0. The Mustangs remain undefeated in October and move their win streak to nine.

The Mustangs and Stockton opened up the match trading points until Stockton began to pull away at 8-4 after an Ospreys kill.
Stevenson tied it up at 8-8 as they took the next four points following three kills by Sarah Straub and a Stockton attack error.
The two teams continued to go back and forth in a tight match as they led, 11-10 after a Mackenzie Blevins service ace.
Stevenson picked things up a bit as they extended their lead to 19-13 after three consecutive points.
Piper Connors served out three aces before Shannon Baily ended set one with a kill to win, 25-14.
Set two saw the Mustangs start off with an 11-7 lead after Straub smacked down a kill.
Stockton picked up a point on a Stevenson attack error to come within three at 9-12.
The Mustangs again began to pull away at 17-13 to force a Stockton timeout.
Stevenson and Stockton went back and forth at the end of the set, after a Mustang timeout Darian Dildy and Connors each smacked down a kill to tie the teams up at 24.
The Mustangs ultimately won set two, 27-25.
Stockton started off strong in set three. A kill by Taylor Jones kept the Mustangs within one at 4-5.
The teams continued to trade points throughout the set, the Mustangs managed to come within two at 22-20 after a kill by Makala Thompson and a Stockton attack error.
Stockton took the final three points of the set to win, 25-21.
Set four the Ospreys came out on top early but the Mustangs tied it up at 14 after a service ace from Kayla Vaeth and a kill from Connors.
A kill by Baily, then a Stockton attack error put the Mustangs ahead, 20-19.
After a Stockton timeout, the Ospreys took three points in a row which led to them winning the set, 25-21.
The final set saw the Mustangs come out swinging as they went up, 4-1 to start after three straight kills.
Straub bookended a timeout with two kills of her own to extend Stevenson's lead, 11-3.
Stevenson took the final three points of the match after a Stockton service error, attack error, and bad set. The Mustangs won, 15-5.

Arcadia started off leading set one, 9-4 after a kill by Sophia Eckerd.
Stevenson then took control and tied it up at 15 after a kill from Baily.
The Mustangs continued to rack up points as they led 21-20 after Connors and Haley Hoover both put down kills.
The Mustangs took the final two points of the set to win, 25-23. A kill from Hoover and a Knight attack error put them on top.
The two teams started off set two, trading points until Arcadia picked up four in a row following a kill to take a 9-8 lead.
The Mustangs recorded the following four consecutive points after a kill by Straub and two kills by Dildy. Stevenson led, 12-9.
Stevenson continued to jump ahead of the Knights after two Arcadia attack errors to give the Mustangs a 15-11 advantage.
Stevenson extended their lead to 19-12 as they got another three points in a row after a kill by Eckerd and Baily.
Towards the end of the set the teams traded points a little bit but Arcadia couldn't keep up as the Mustangs took set two, 25-19.
Set three started off in an even contest as both teams went back and forth taking points.
At the end of the set, the Mustangs began to pull away to lead, 17-13. Stevenson recorded four points in a row, after a kill by Hoover and Baily and blocks by Hoover and Straub.
The Knights snuck in a few more points but Stevenson racked up five consecutive points to lead, 23-15 following a kill from Baily.
Stevenson closed out the match taking the final two points to win, 25-16. Eckerd smacked down the final two kills for the Mustangs.

Stevenson moves to 20-4 overall and extends their win streak to nine. The team also remains undefeated in the month of October.
On the day Baily racked up 25 kills while hitting .310.
Straub (.326) and Dildy (.444) each totaled 18 kills between the two matches.
Blevins tallied six kills, 28 assists, and three service aces.
Vaeth added 42 digs and two service aces.