PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. – The Albright women's volleyball team picked up a road non-conference win on Tuesday night as they defeated Valley Forge in straight sets (25-13, 25-13, 25-18).
 
With the win, the Lions improve to 8-10 overall as they wind down in the final weeks of the regular season. Meanwhile, the Patriots fall to 5-17 overall on the season.
 
Sophomore Kaitlyn Chell led the Lions with 11 kills on a .269 hitting percentage, tallied one service ace, and recorded 11 digs. Sophomores Bryana Chambers and Damaris Gomez followed with eight kills, while classmate Alexa Poss paced the offense with 28 assists in addition to tallying four kills. Freshman Grace Serafin posted a season-high 14 digs and senior Becca Davis added 11 digs in the win.
 
Each team put together multiple mini-runs to start the game in the first set. The Lions quickly went up 3-1 before the Patriots took the lead back at 4-3. The set found itself tied at seven before Albright won six-straight points to go up 13-7 behind four kills. After the run ended, the Lions won five-straight points to take a commanding 18-8 lead and would close out the set by winning five of the final six points to take the win at 25-13. The Lions started strong in the second half by taking a 6-1 lead before working their way up to a 9-3 advantage. Valley Forge made a run of winning five-straight points to cut the Lions lead down to 9-8, but Albright responded with five-straight points to go up 14-8 and force a Patriot timeout. The Patriots won four-straight points to cut the lead down to 14-12 before the Lions put the set away by winning 11 of the next 12 points to end it at 25-13 again. Sophomore Brooke Franklin posted four service aces during the final run.
 
The third set went back and forth until the Patriots won three-straight points to go up 6-4. Albright then won eight of the next nine points behind tallying six-straight to take a 12-7 lead. The Lions would open their advantage to 19-10 following another run that was capped by back-to-back kills from Liz Bacovin. Up 24-15 with the game point in hand, the Lions fended off a last charge from the Patriots to win the final set at 25-18 following a service error to conclude the contest.
 
The Lions held a .198 to .030 hitting percentage advantage after posting a .306 percentage in the third and final set. Albright held a 41-16 advantage in kills and posted nine service aces. Megan Freed led the Patriots with four kills.
 
Albright will be off a week before returning to action on Wednesday, October 17^th when they will host Hood for Senior Night at 7 p.m.