The Muhlenberg volleyball team began the 2022 season by splitting a pair of matches at Scranton.
The Mules defeated Nazareth in a five-set thriller before falling to Scranton in four sets.
Freshman Christina Marcin had an impressive collegiate debut, recording double-doubles in each of her first two matches and leading Muhlenberg in kills in both. She had 18 kills and 10 digs vs. Nazareth before recording 14 kills and 13 digs in the Scranton match.
Junior Isabella Pontrelli (pictured above) also had a big day, recording double figures in kills in both matches. She put down 10 kills without an error in the Nazareth match and tied her career high of 12 kills vs. Scranton.
Senior Emma Eglinton totaled 68 assists and a team-high 38 digs in the two matches.
Muhlenberg dropped its first set of the season vs. Nazareth before winning the next two by identical 25-21 scores. Nazareth took the fourth set, 25-20, sending the Mules to a five-setter in their opener for the third time in the last four seasons.
In the decisive fifth set, Muhlenberg trailed 4-1 before going on a 7-0 run. The Golden Flyers came back with a run of their own to take a 10-9 lead before back-to-back kills by Marcin put the Mules back on top, 11-10.
The set was tied, 13-13, before consecutive kills by sophomore Esmae Oehler and Marcin clinched the match for the Mules.
Junior Alyssa Faville, who assisted on the match-ending kill, finished with 21 digs.
Muhlenberg split the first two sets with Scranton and was tied in the third, 19-19, before the Royals closed out the set, 25-22. Scranton jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the fourth set and went on to win, 25-16.
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