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ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Lebanon Valley College won its second consecutive Commonwealth Conference volleyball championship on Saturday night, defeating Elizabethtown College 3-2 (25-23, 18-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-13) in the title match.
The Dutchmen (31-2 overall) earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament with their second five-set victory of the season over the Blue Jays (20-10 overall). It was the third consecutive meeting between the schools in the conference championship match, with Elizabethtown winning in 2007 and Lebanon Valley taking the crown in 2008.
Tournament Most Valuable Player Joelle Snyder finished with 19 kills and four blocks for the Dutchmen, while Emily Hopkins had a match-high 21 kills and Michelle Little added 15 kills and 11 digs.
Lindsay Palm recorded a season-high 16 kills for the Blue Jays, while
Kayla Deats had 14 kills and 13 blocks and
Holly Bubb added seven kills and 10 blocks.
Crystal Agnew handed out 47 assists and added 15 digs and five blocks, while
Andrea Weaver finished with a team-high 22 digs.
Emily Perkins posted 63 assists for the Flying Dutchmen and added nine digs, with Angela Kuperavage coming up with a match-high 26 digs.
In her final career match,
Paige Tanner finished with 10 kills and 16 digs to conclude her four seasons at Elizabethtown with 1,446 kills and 1,538 digs, ranking her second in program history in both categories. Deats finishes eighth in program history in kills with 916 and tied for seventh in blocks with 407.