FROSTBURG, Md.- The Frostburg State Volleyball team defeated Pace on Tuesday night at Bobcat Arena by a final score of 3-1 (21-25,25-23,25-17,25-21). 

The first set went back-and-forth the whole time as each team swapped kills. Sophomore AJ Thompson would give the Bobcats their first lead since 8-7 with a monster kill off an assist from junior Hayley Delor to take a 17-16 lead. The Setters would answer with six straight points to take a comfortable 22-17 advantage. Frostburg would get right back in the game off miscues by Pace and close the gap to 22-21. After a Bobcat service error, however, the Setters would take the next two points and steal the first set, 25-21. 
 
The second set would begin with a kill from senior Bianca Smalls to give Frostburg the early 1-0 lead.  Smalls would strike again shortly after as she snuck a kill by the Pace defense and put the score even at 2-2. Sophomore McKailey Thomson-Moran would make her presence known as she denied the Setters with a pair of blocks to give the Bobcats an 8-3 lead as part of a 6-0 run. Sophomore Beverly Braun, freshman Joie Allen, and junior Katie Keech would combine for eight kills down the stretch to push their lead to 22-17. Delor and Braun would close the game as they each contributed a kill, with Delor finishing the set on a solo block as Frostburg took set two, 25-23.  
 
The third set was smooth sailing for the Bobcats as they only trailed once, at 1-0. Delor would get a pair of blocks to give Frostburg a 5-1 lead and then kills from Thompson and Braun stretched the lead to 7-3. Braun would get hot as she continued to smash balls past the Setter defense and increase their lead to 19-13. Keech, Thompson, and Allen would finish off the set by sending heaters to the floor to win 25-17. 
 
Pace found motivation early in set four, putting FSU in a 5-1 hole to start things out. The Bobcats would take back momentum as Thomson-Moran would come up with another huge block and cut the deficit to 5-3. Kills by Braun, Thomson-Moran, Thompson, and Keech would bring the game to 11-10 in favor of the Setters. Pace would go on another run as they stretched their lead to 16-12, but kills from Delor and Braun would cut the lead to 16-14. The match momentum would sway in favor of the Bobcats as Allen would come up with two stellar blocks and then follow it up with a kill to give Frostburg a 20-19 lead. Thompson would seal the game as she slammed one to the floor and then had a huge denial at the net to give the Bobcats the set and match 25-21.  
 
Delor would lead the Bobcats as she dished out 31 assists and a team-high 17 digs. Braun had a game-high 17 kills to go along with 14 digs. Thomson-Moran contributed a match-high six blocks and sophomore Fiona Gonzalez-Medina added 14 digs defensively.  

With the win, Frostburg improves to 4-0 on the year, while Pace falls to 0-3. FSU returns to the court on Friday, September 2 as they will play in the Marauder Clash in Millersville, Pa. against Chestnut Hill at 1 p.m. and Millersville at 7 p.m. Information and updates will be posted at frostburgsports.com.