Volleyball Sweeps Centenary on Senior Day Honoring Molly Schnaubelt

2017 Oct 30

The Cedar Crest College volleyball team defeated Centenary University in three sets by scores of 25-10, 25-21 and 25-10 on Saturday afternoon. It was senior day for the Falcons, honoring Molly Schnaubelt from San Diego, CA.

In the first set, the Falcons jumped to an early 4-0 lead. Centenary struck back, putting themselves on the board for one point. Cedar Crest then went on an eight point rally scoring off of one kill a piece from freshman Devyn Crowder (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley) and sophomore Steph Barr (Unionville, CT/Sport and Medical Sciences Academy) and thre-e kills from Schnaubelt, as well as gaining three service aces from Crowder. Sophomore Nicole Hill (Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany) added a kill as gaining a service ace for the Falcons, bringing the score to 18-7. Cedar Crest scored another three points before a timeout was taken by Centenary. The final four points of the set were scored from capitalizing off of Cyclone errors.

The Falcons took advantage of Centenary errors early in the second set and gained a 5-2 lead. Hill added two points from kills while Crowder tallied one. The Falcons went on a five point rally, capitalizing from Cyclone errors. Schnaubelt lifted the score 18-10 from a kill, assisted by freshman Kailey Elrod (Annville, Pa./Palmyra Area). The Falcons and Cyclones then went point for point, with Cedar Crest capitalizing off of errors and freshman Elyse Podgurski (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) adding a kill. The final point of the set was scored off of an attacking error from the Cyclones.

In the third and final set, the Falcons jumped to a 7-1 lead. Hill scored the eighth point off of a kill and Schnaubelt tallied the ninth point for the Falcons off of a service ace. The Falcons brought the lead to 14-5, scoring off of service aces and a kill from Podgurski. Schnaubelt and Hill earned the 15th and 16th points for Cedar Crest, both off of kills. The Falcons had a four point rally, scoring three off of Centenary errors and adding a kill from Elrod to bring the score to 23-9. The 24th point was scored by Hill off of a kill. Assisted by Crowder, sophomore Jannelle Mohney (Elkton, Pa./Rising Sun) scored the final point of the match off of a kill.