READING, Pa. – The Albright Lions women's volleyball team battled to pick up a 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-16, 25-22) win over FDU-Florham on Saturday morning at the Bollman Center.
 
With the win, the Lions improve to 8-9 overall and snap a brief two-game losing streak. Meanwhile, the Devils of the MAC Freedom fall to 7-12 overall.
 
Junior Liz Bacovin led the Lions with a career-high 11 kills behind a .310 hitting percentage. Classmate Brooke Franklin added eight kills and a game-high five solo blocks, and first-year Grace Andrefski tallied six kills and two blocks. Junior Kaitlyn Chell recorded five aces and 13 digs, and first-year libero Shelby Cheuvront established a season-high 32 digs. Junior Alexa Poss paced the Lions offense with 33 assists, and added 17 digs in the win.
 
The Devils opened up the first set by winning the first two points before the Lions reeled off seven-straight points to go up 7-2 behind three kills from Bacovin. The Devils were able to close within 9-8 after taking four of the next six points, and eventually tied the first set at 10. Albright struck back by winning five of the next six points to go up 15-11, and extended its lead to 17-13 to force a Devils timeout. FDU-Florham came out strong following the timeout as they cut the Lions lead down to 19-17. The Lions shut down the rally by winning the last six-straight points to take the first set at 25-17 following a kill from junior Paige Westra. The Devils started the second half by winning five of the first six points to go up 5-1 early on. Albright took five of the next seven points to cut the Devil lead down to 7-6, but FDU-Florham came back with five-straight points to go up 11-6. Albright went on a long run of nine-straight points to take a 15-11 lead, and eventually went up 19-13 after an ace from Franklin. However, the Devils stormed back by winning seven-straight points in part of taking 12 of the last 16 points of the second set to even the game at one apiece.
 
Albright came out strong in the third set as they quickly went up 4-1, but the Devils came right back with three-straight points to tie the game at four. The Lions won five of the next six points to go up 9-5 before the Devils went on the same run to tie the third set at 10. Albright took six of the next seven points to go up 16-11, and maintained the five-point lead out to 19-14. The Lions finished the third set off by taking seven of the last nine points to go up 2-1 following a 25-16 win in set three. Albright went up 3-2 in the first portion of the fourth set, but the Devils heated up by taking eight of the next nine points to go up 10-4. Albright dug deep and took seven of the next eight points to tie the score at 11 behind three aces from Chell. However, the Devils would not lose the lead as they went back up by as many as three points multiple times. Down 19-16, the Lions took control of the game by winning six of the next seven points to go up 22-20, and force a Devils timeout. The Devils moved within one point at 23-22, but the Lions closed out the win with a kill from Andrefski, and a block assist from Bacovin plus Andrefski.
 
Nathalia Padron led the Devils with a game-high 16 kills and 23 digs, while Jessica Garreffa added 14 kills and 13 digs. Kacie Ros paced the Devils offense with 34 assists, while adding 22 digs.
 
The Lions will return to action on Wednesday, October 23^rd as they will travel to face Hood in MAC Commonwealth play at 7 p.m.