Philadelphia, PA- The #2 seeded Philadelphia University volleyball team (31-5, 17-2 CACC) jump-started postseason play on Tuesday evening with a 3-0 win over #3 seed Holy Family (14-21, 11-8 CACC) in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Quarterfinals at the Gallagher Athletic Center. 

The PhilaU squad will now travel to the CACC Semifinals, hosted by Georgian Court University where they will face Caldwell College on Friday (11/13) at 8 p.m.  The CACC Championship will be the following day, Saturday (11/14) at 1:00 p.m. at GCU.

Set scores were 25-21, 25-22 and 30-28.

The Lady Rams got a lift offensively from senior outside-hitter Celena Rendon (San Antonio, TX/ Tom C. Clark) who had a .194 hitting percentage on the night (10 kills, 14 digs and a block).  Fellow senior right-side hitter Nicole Berkstresser (Bridgewater, NJ/ Raritan) followed with nine kills and two blocks on the night, while freshman outside-hitter Danielle Carney (Thousand Oaks, CA/ Thousand Oaks) dished out seven kills and a block herself.

PhilaU senior middle-hitter Molly Malone (Rochester, NY/ Gates Chili) tallied five blocks for the Lady Rams. 

HFU was led by Katie Hornback who had 15 kills and seven digs on the night.

Defensively for PhilaU, senior Natalie Amodei (West Chester, PA/ Bishop Shanahan) contributed 18 digs and three service aces, while sophomore setter Adrienne Stigura (Reading, PA/ Reading Central Catholic) tallied a team-high 19 sets and eight digs for the Lady Rams.