BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Holy Cross volleyball team was defeated 3-0 by Patriot League foe Lehigh Saturday afternoon in Grace Hall.

The loss was the 23rd of the year for the Crusaders and 13th in league action while the Mountain Hawks move to 12-12, 6-9 PL.

SET SCORES:
Mountain Hawks 3, Crusaders 0 (19-25, 19-25, 11-25)

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Holy Cross took a 4-2 lead early in the first set. Down a pair, Lehigh used a 6-1 scoring stretch for the 12-9 edge. A junior outside hitter Taliah Lee kill and Mountain Hawk attack miscue leveled the score at 14 all. Four straight from the hosts pushed the score to 18-14. They eventually captured the set 25-19.
• Trailing 6-2, Holy Cross took their first lead, 8-7 during a 6-1 outburst as senior setter Katie Russell set up Lee for a kill while sophomore middle blocker Lacey Murphy and senior right side Gracie Reisman blocked an attack attempt. From that point, the Mountain Hawks jumped back in the lead at 12-9. Another stuff at the net from Reisman and freshman middle blocker Isa Glover with a Reisman kill made it a one point, 15-14 Lehigh edge. Lehigh notched five straight to take a six point 20-14 lead before taking a 2-0 match lead.
• Reisman and freshman middle blocker Kyla Harris teamed up for a block to make it 3-1 in the early stages of the third set. Holding a one point advantage, three in a row from Lehigh upped the edge to 10-6. A stretch of nine consecutive markers for the Mountain Hawks gave them a commanding lead 21-9.

INSIDE THE BOX:

• Russell (1,617) needs 41 more assists to move to sixth place on the program's all-time list.
• Holy Cross (1,338 kills) needs 31 more for the single-season team record. They also need five more assists (1,235) for the single-season team record.
• Murphy needs one more block to climb into eighth place and three more to move to seventh on the single-season program's list.
• Reigning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week, freshman defensive specialist Elizabeth Hall tallied a match best 15 digs.

UP NEXT:

• Holy Cross wraps up the 2025 season on Saturday, Nov. 15 for a Senior Night contest against Lafayette (4-18, 2-10 PL).
• First serve is set for 6 p.m.

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