YORK, PA – The York College volleyball squad started off its 2023 home campaign with an exciting 3-1 win over McDaniel College Wednesday afternoon in York.
The Spartans improve to 3-2 overall while the Green Terror fall to 2-1.
The match started off with immediate back and forth scoring, with McDaniel taking the first decision only to succumb to the Spartans in the second, third, and fourth sets. The out of conference opponents faced off for the first time since 2019, when the Green Terror won on their home court.
The set scores were 24-26, 25-23, 25-18, and 25-16.
 
How it Happened
• The first set of the contest featured eleven ties and six lead switches between the two balanced teams. The largest lead of the set was only five points, which York amassed by an impressive scoring run led by Alyssa Mott's precise serving. McDaniel was down to their last point before battling for three consecutive points to edge York out 26-24 in the first quarter of the matchup.
• The second set of the match was just as competitive as the first with multiple points being decided after lengthy rallies. The front line duo of Jennifer Taylor and Morgan Nolte displayed gutsy defense to prolong multiple points, and resulted in a slew of kills for the tandem.
The highlight of the entire match was probably Jasmine Doguin's leaping diving play to keep the ball from touching the floor which eventually led to a Spartan point and proved to be a momentum swinger en route to a 25-23 set two win.
• The third match was where the Green and White really found their groove, as the led the entire way en route to a 25-18 victory. York got the job done early and often in the third matchup with Dougin and Mott recording aces to jump out to an early advantage. McDaniel did battle back and the Spartans saw their lead shrink to two with a small 20-18 advantage late, but convincingly scored the next five points to secure the set win.
• Fifth year senior Abby Diehl was everywhere in the decisive set, assisting or scoring on eight Spartan points. This was York's most decisive set win of the afternoon, winning by a tally of 25-16. Jackie Karcz closed out the memorable night by painting the corners of the court with her serves, not allowing McDaniel to even start a rally in the closing four points of the game.
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans have won three of the last four against the Green Terror and 11 of 20 dating back to the 1997 season … grad student Gianna Krinock was outstanding as she tallied 16 kills with just one error in 29 attempts to hit a blistering .517 … She also had a block assist and four digs … Morgan Nolte addded 11 kills as she hit .429 with two solo blocks and four block assists … Abby Diehl added 32 assists, three kills, two aces, three block assists and seven digs … the Spartans hit a season-high .245 … York registered a season-hgih 12 service aces … York had a season-high 12 block assists … McDaniel had 15 service errors in the match … the match is the first of a three-match homestand for York.
 
 
Up Next
The Spartans return to Wolf Gym on Saturday to host a tri-match with Penn State Harrisburg and Washington (Md.). The Spartans face the Lions at 11:00 am followed by a match between Harrisburg and Washington at 1:00 pm. The Spartans face Washington to close out the day with a 3:00 pm match.