LA PLUME, PA- Madison Woods (Camrose, Alberta, Canada/Ecole Camrose Composite) and Nakaya Cridge (New Castle, IN/South Henry School Corporation) recorded seven kills apiece as the Keystone College women's volleyball team faced King's College in a nonconference match Tuesday evening at the Gambal Athletic Center. The Giants won the second set before the Monarchs finished with a 3–1 victory by scores of 25–20, 20–25, 25–22 and 25–7.
Isabella Buonopane (Wake Forest, N.C./Archbishop Williams) contributed six kills with just one attacking error on 19 attempts, finishing with a .263 hitting percentage. She also recorded two service aces, three digs and a block assist. Sydney Frasier (Loveland, CO/Thompson Valley) added four kills on nine attempts for a .333 hitting percentage, along with four digs.
The opening set featured seven ties and three lead changes before King's pulled ahead for a 25–20 win. Keystone responded with its strongest offensive set of the evening, putting down 17 kills in the second. The Giants hit .180 in the frame and held the lead throughout to take the set 25–20 and even the match.
The teams played another close set in the third, with six ties and three lead changes. Keystone recorded seven kills and limited King's to a .054 hitting percentage, but the Monarchs edged the Giants 25–22. King's then won the fourth set to close out the match.
Anna Johnson (Niles, MI/Niles) led Keystone with 14 assists and added six digs and two service aces. Naema Alatorre (Brownsville, TX/Idea Frontier) supplied seven assists and a kill, while Hannah Ely (Wyalusing, PA/Wyalusing Valley Jr./Sr.) chipped in two assists and two digs.
Nat Reyes (Lamont, CA/Arvin) paced the back row with 16 digs and added a service ace. Woods finished with nine digs to go with her seven kills, and Buonopane and Frasier combined for seven more digs.
At the net, Cridge recorded two block assists. Kayjanai Gatlin (San Bernardino, CA/Rialto) contributed two kills, a solo block and a block assist, while Aliya Noriega (Anchorage, AK/West Anchorage) added two kills and a solo block. Rachel Davis (Mont Belvieu, TX/Barbers Hill) finished with three kills.
Keystone totaled 32 kills, 45 digs, five service aces and four team blocks. The Giants move to 4–19 overall and remain 1–3 in United East Conference play.
