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Bronx, N.Y. – The Lehman College women's volleyball team swept all three sets en route to a 3-0 victory over Yeshiva University for their first win of the season.  The scores of the set were 26-24, 25-12 and 25-21.
 
The game was back-and-forth early on with seven ties and the final coming at 8-8.  From there, Yeshiva got hot and rattled off three straight points to lead 11-8.  Eventually a Caitlin Vernon service ace knotted the score for the ninth time, at 14-14.  Later, with the set tied at 21-21, the Maccabees scored three points in a row to come within one point of the set.  Lehman used two kills from Francesca Acevedo and an attack error of a Paulette Sepulveda serve to score three points and tie the score at 24 all.  Sepulveda put the Lighting up 25-24 with an ace and closed out the set when her serve led to an attack error.
 
Lehman scored four points to open the second set.  Acevedo got two kills in that stretch.  The lead grew to double-digits when a Samantha Delgado service ace made the score 19-9.  Lehman closed out the set with four straight points.  The final point was on a Sepulveda ace as the Lightning took set two, 25-12.
 
Set three was even early.  Lehman slowly crept ahead, eventually going up, 15-10 when an Acevedo serve led to a bad set by Yeshiva. Later, a Christina Lopez ace made the score 18-12.  After that, a Sepulveda kill gave Lehman its largest lead of the set, nine points, when her attack made the score 21-12.  They took the set 25-21.
 
Delgado posted a match-best 21 digs and three aces.  Acevedo led everyone with ten kills.  Sepulveda had 16 digs.
 
With the win, the Lightning improved to 1-10 overall.  They return to action on Thursday, September 21 when they return to CUNYAC play and face Medgar Evers in Brooklyn at 6PM.