WATERBURY, Conn. -- Facing their second opponent of the week who made it to the 2022 NCAA Tournament, Post University Women's Volleyball went up against Adelphi University at the Drubner Center on Wednesday evening, a team that made it to the NCAA East Region Final a year ago and overwhelmed the Eagles, en route to a sweeping 3-0 victory.
 
THE BASICS

Post University 0, Adelphi University 3

Post University (5-20)

Adelphi University (17-5)

HOW IT HAPPENED
An opening set lead which would put the Panthers ahead, 9-1, would prove to be all they needed to take the opening set from the Eagles. Attacking at a blistering .424 hitting percentage which led to 15 kills on 33 attempts, Adelphi would never let Post within more than five points, 16-11, before scoring eight of the last 11 points to take an 11-point first-set victory, 25-14. The Panthers would also notch six block assists along the way while sophomore outside hitter Macarty McQueen and junior middle blocker Noelle Alberda each tallied four kills.
 
Seven ties and three lead changes made up a close second set bout in which the Eagles would ultimately fall, 25-22. Two Panther errors and service aces from junior middle hitter Hannah Brandt as well as junior outside hitter Kaila Sandy would put Post ahead by two, 4-2, before Adelphi answered back to take the lead for good. Never letting them out of their sights, the Eagles would only trail by four points, 16-12, before responding with a 4-0 run to knot the set up. Momentum would swing towards Post with back-to-back errors that got them within one, 23-22, but Adelphi would call timeout and finish off the set courtesy of an attack error and then kill by junior middle blocker Lilyen McCarthy.
 
Adelphi continued to control the pace into the final set, taking a 3-0 lead to start things off with back-to-back kills from McQueen and sophomore middle blocker Delaney Kiendra and a set error from junior outside hitter Caley Harper. From there, the Panthers would not relinquish the lead again, allowing Post to only cut their deficit down to three points before going on to win the set, 25-17. As a team, Adelphi would attack to the tune of a .310 hitting percentage and leave the Drubner Center with a 3-0 sweep of the Eagles.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Sophomore libero Alyssa Groves finished with 15 digs, bringing her to 909 digs on the season and 91 away from reaching 1,000 in only her second season 
• Noelle Alberda led the way for Adelphi with 12 kills on the evening, finishing with a .500 hitting percentage
• As team, Post University attacked at .115 for the match while Adelphi University finished with a .320 hitting percentage
• Post University is 0-3 all-time against Adelphi University in the series history and has not won a set in any of those three matches

WHO'S NEXT
Post University gets back to conference play on Saturday afternoon when they hit the road to take on Goldey-Beacom College at 12:00 PM in Wilmington, Delaware. Winners in nine of their last 10 matchups against the Lightning, the Eagles took down Goldey-Beacom College at home last season in straight sets, 3-0, and will square off 364 days after that matchup.