The Eagles flew to Penn State- Abington to take on division foes PS-Harrisburg, Gallaudet University, PS-Abington and PS-Berks. The weekend brought out some stellar performances out of individual CSE players but those performances were just not enough to push the Eagles over the hump.
In match 1 versus PS-Harrisburg, the Eagles were out-killed 20-12 but in other areas the Eagles did well. The Eagles hit for 7 aces while Harrisburg hit for 10 and the Eagles outdug Harrisburg 18-17. Unfortunately, the match came down to first ball kill production and Harrisburg's offense proved to be too potent for the Eagles. CSE loses 25-12, 25-8, 25-12. Captain Chanice Sears was key in the match, leading the team in kills, aces and reception %.
Match 2's opponent for the Eagles was Gallaudet U. Gallaudet proved to be superior in many facets of the match but the Eagles put on a tremendous effort and showed their grittiness as they wouldn't give in to the apparent athletic and size advantage of Gallaudet. CSE's inability to convert passes to kills was glaring versus the talented Gallaudet' defense but the Eagles' defense was stellar itself which created some exciting rallies between the squads. The Eagles succumbed to the relentless pressure 25-4, 25-9, 25-19 but showed drastic improvement in each set and actually ended up with a 29-17 lead in digs for the match. Unfortunately, the 28-6 kill advantage for Gallaudet was too much too overcome. Captain Carmela Selitto was stellar in serve receive while Chanice Sears, Samantha St. Germain and Kareemah Muhammad anchored the defense with 20 of the team's digs. Subhana Wrights had a good day out of the MB position, getting 5 blocks on the match.
In match 3, Eagle miscues late in each set cost the team the victory versus Abington. The Eagles played Abington nearly even in every statistical category but the errors came at the wrong time for the Eagles and allowed Abington to pull away late in 3 of the 4 sets and seal CSE's fate. CSE lost a heartbreaker 25-18, 25-21, 22-25 and 25-22. In the 4th set, the Eagles stormed back from a 21-14 deficit to take the lead 22-21 behind the serving of Maria Machuca but it turned out to be too little to late for CSE. Chanice Sears led the way with 8 kills while Samantha St. Germain continued her masterful defense and offensive distribution with 16 assists and 7 digs while also proving herself to be the most dangerous server in the match with 6 aces. Chanice led the team with 11 digs while Co-Captain Carmela Sellitto turned in 10.
The 4th and final match featured PS-Berks and it was soon evident that the mental drain of the Abbington match had taken a toll on the Eagles. Berks' offense was putting down kills at will and the Eagles could not find a defensive answer and could not respond offensively themselves. The Eagles went weakly 25-10, 25-12 and 25-8. In a match featuring few positive performances, Samantha St. Germain led the team again in digs with 6 and distributed 6 assists.
The star player of the weekend was, without a doubt, Captain Samantha St. Germain for her consistency in effort and performance throughout the 4 matches.
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