Box Score BEREA, Ky. – Despite a slow start, the Panthers (17-10 overall, 5-3 HCAC) topped Berea in straight sets 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-12) on Wednesday evening in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action.
 
INSIDE THE STATS
Senior Maddie Robertson posted nine kills for the Blue and Red while adding four blocks and two digs.
 
Senior Kelsey Waggoner tallied eight kills with 14 digs and a block.
 
Defensively, sophomore Madison Schicker also had double-digit digs with 10 total.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Berea looked to protect their home court, capitalizing on a series of Panther errors to claim a 9-7 lead. The Mountaineers were all attack when Waggoner landed a kill that tied the score at 11-11. The kill was just what Hanover needed to spark the offense; freshman Kinzee Dean hit a service ace before a Megan Vogel kill saw Hanover with a 19-17 difference. The rest was history as Hanover secured the 25-22 win on a Berea mishap.
 
The second set would see Berea once again take an advantage early, 5-3. However, Dean flipped the script at the service line, pushing the Panthers out front 8-5 on a 5-0 run. Robertson continued the surge with a trio of kills that extended the difference 12-6. Berea was able to cut the score to 21-20 when another Mountaineer mishap propelled HC to the 25-22 victory.
 
The final set was all Hanover, opening the set with a 6-0 surge that put HC in front 7-4. Senior Elliot Mays paced the set with a kill and success at the service line to claim the 20-12 lead. Hanover scored the last five points for the straight set win.
 
Hanover returns to action on Saturday when it hosts the Ravens of Anderson.