PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia University women's volleyball rallied from a 2-0 deficit to come from behind and defeat host Holy Family 3-2 (15-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-10) in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener Wednesday night in the Campus Center.

Middle hitter Chelsea Hughes (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River) recorded her first career double-double with a match-high 16 kills and 13 digs for the Rams (2-2, 1-0 CACC). Setter Nina Morvin (Willow Grove, Pa./St. Basil Academy) posted 31 assists and 11 digs for her first double-double of the season.

Middle hitter Lauren Laucella (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) narrowly missed a double-double of her own, finishing the night with eight kills and nine digs.

Libero Michelle Chai (Sinking Spring, Pa./Berks Catholic) recorded a match-best 24 digs.

Melanie Ingram (15 kills, 17 digs), Rachel Johnson (13 kills, 18 digs), and Devyn Ingram (31 assists, 11 digs) all had double-doubles for Holy Family (1-4, 0-1 CACC)

The Tigers dominated the end of the first set as they scored nine of the set's final 10 points to take the opening set. Holy Family hit .222 (12-4-36), while Philadelphia had a -.028 (5-6-36) hitting percentage.

Holy Family used another big run late in the set two to grab a 2-0 match advantage. After Laucella trimmed the Tiger lead to 15-13, Holy Family went on a 7-2 surge to move in front by seven (22-15).  Philadelphia got as close as 22-19, but Holy Family scored the final three points of the set.

Philadelphia started to turn things around toward the end of set three. With the set tied at 16, middle hitter Terra Ecker (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill) recorded a kill to start a string of five straight Ram points to put them in front 21-16. Holy Family closed the margin to 23-22, but consecutive kills from Hughes and setter Claudia Papola (Temple, Pa./Muhlenburg) ended the set and got Philadelphia on the board.

The story of set four was a 10-0 Philadelphia run that had the Rams turn a six-point deficit into a 17-13 lead they would not relinquish. Ecker had four service aces and Holy Family committed four errors. The cushion grew to 24-15 after Hughes' seventh kill of the set.

Philadelphia used an 8-0 outburst to take a 14-8 advantage. Ecker led the charge with three of her seven kills.

Philadelphia welcomes Kutztown to the Gallagher Center for its home opener on Friday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m.