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Volleyball Celebrates Point Against Le Moyne inside West Gym

Volleyball Travels to Lehigh Steel Classic Friday

| By: Anna Harris (aharris19@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats set to play Fairleigh Dickinson, Lehigh and Delaware State

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Binghamton University volleyball team (4-3) will travel south Friday to compete in Lehigh's Steel Classic, Sept. 8-9. Matches will be contested inside Leeman-Turner Arena. 

The Bearcats will play Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday at 4 p.m. followed by two matches on Saturday, versus Lehigh at 12:30 p.m., and, against Delaware State at 4:30 p.m. BU's contest with Lehigh will be the sole Binghamton match-up of the weekend broadcasted on ESPN+ while competitions against FDU and Delaware can be followed through live stats here.

In their last match, the Bearcats blanked visiting Le Moyne 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-20) inside West Gym Tuesday night. With the victory, BU snapped its three-game losing streak to improve to 4-3 on the season. 

The Bearcats dominated the Dolphins in every statistical category, including 36-26 kills, 8-3 blocks and 36-22 digs.  

Tsvetelina Ilieva posted a season-high 18 kills, six aces and three blocks. Just shy of a double-double with nine digs, Ilieva hit at an outstanding .552 clip and accounted for 26 points, her best numbers so far this fall. 

Misa Dlouha added five kills for Bearcats at a .571 hitting percentage with four blocks while teammate Lydia Adam collected six kills with a .300 percentage. Danit Cohen and Zoe Myint split the action at setter, tallying 17 and 14 assists, respectively. 

Next up, Binghamton competes in its final invitational of the fall slate at the UConn's Dog Pound Challenge, Sept. 16-17. The Bearcats will take on Brown and UConn back-to-back at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively. BU will close out the weekend against Michigan State on Sunday at 1 p.m. inside Gampel Arena. 

Lehigh Steel Classic Schedule

Thursday, Sept. 7
7 p.m. Virginia Tech at Lehigh

Friday, Sept. 8
1 p.m. Delaware State at Virginia Tech 
4 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson at Binghamton
7 p.m. Delaware State at Leigh 

Saturday, Sept. 9
10 a.m. Farleigh Dickinson at Virginia Tech
12:30 p.m. Binghamton at Lehigh 
4:30 p.m. Binghamton at Delaware State
7 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson at Lehigh 
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