Armed with a new distribution deal via Sony Music Entertainment's The Orchard, Big Top Entertainment (BTE LLC) is prepping the release of their compilation project Already On. From platinum singers and songwriters to Grammy considered talent this compilation is filled with great music that is resonating across the internet on a host of blogs. With features from RIAA Platinum hit maker Kevin Gates and contributions from Grammy considered artists Cicely O'kain and SF1, the current roster at Big Top Entertainment LLC has some talent accustomed to the inner workings of songwriting in the music industry. Indiana, Indianapolis street star DBO also adds a rough edge to the project after he acquired the talents of Kevin Gates on the song "Solid," which serves as the lead single to the project. In addition, Oklahoma’s own Sha Sha Jones, who was featured on the Game's number one album The Documentary 2 added to the project on the second track.
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My husband is thrilled. It's sloppy joe night. I PROMISE that these are the best sloppy joes you've ever tasted.
You will need a crock pot and a food processor. I wish I had a large food processor, but I just do the chopping in batches. You'll also have to excuse my appearance. This meal needs to cook ALL DAY on HIGH. Soooo, I was still unshowered and in my comfies while I was making this early this morning.
The best thing about this recipe is that I always have the ingredients. A well stocked pantry, freezer and spice rack is the key. You will always have a fantastic meal on hand if you keep veggies in the drawer, meat & frozen veggies in the freezer & tomato sauce/paste and canned veggies in the pantry. This recipe came out of a need to use things that I had on hand when money was tight.
1.5-2 lbs of very lean ground meat (I used turkey today b/c I stocked up at Sam's Club at $1.97/pound! Cheaper than ground beef!!!!!)
Get a deep sautee pan out & start it on medium heat. Spray with nonstick spray because we are using very lean meat. Put the protein in and break it up a bit...we don't want it browning, just lightly cooking/simmering. Start the veggies. Process the peppers, celery, carrots, garlic & onions until soupy. The consistency is important. They must be very finely minced to a near soup. I have to do it in batches since I have a wimpy processor. Add the veggies to the lightly simmering meat and incorporate them well.
It will look kind of light in color. It's ok. It NEEDS to cook all day to get the real sloppy color. Something magical happens in 6-8 hours. Trust me. The smell is intoxicating. Jim always wants to sneak a taste at lunchtime, but it's never ready that quickly.
Taste it and add salt/pepper if needed. Sometimes it's on the sweet side...so just add a bit of salt to even it out.
Please feel free to move thisn to your review section!): Sloppy Joe's: yuuuuummmmm! I dont have a crock pot, so I actually made these in my dutch oven, the same as the crock. All day. It smelled fantastic in my house all afternoon!! My husband said they were the best he's ever had, and my kids chowed down (as did I!) The only thing I will say is that it did have a little bit of a sweetness to it. Which was totally okay with us, but I have a friend who doesnt like 'sweet' at all in her main meals. So if you are like that, I guess just cut down on the brown sugar/molasses (right gourmom?). Easy, Fantastic, another 5 stars!
My response to that is your friend may want to use a bit more salt or steak/burger seasoning. A little soy sauce in there would probably be fantastic too. I may have to try that next time instead of salt.
Categories: American short story writers | American comics writers | Writers from New York | New York University alumni | 1972 births | Living people | American Jews
Matt Brandstein (born January 29, 1972) is an American writer and occasional Bollywood film actor[1]. He is most known for his writing of the popular Jewish children's comic book series Mendy and the Golem[2]. Brandstein often employs the use of his Hebrew name Moshe in honor of his Jewish heritage.
Matt Brandstein grew up in downtown Chicago, where he attended the Latin School of Chicago for fourteen years. After moving to New York City, Brandstein enrolled in New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film. Brandstein's writing career began in the music business. He collaborated with prominent directors including Brett Ratner, Diane Martel and Marcus Raboy in the conceptualization of music video treatments for top artists like Mariah Carey, Sting and D'Angelo[3].
In 2003 Brandstein took on the role as writer of the second phase of the popular Jewish children's comic book Mendy and the Golem. Notable comic book artists Stan Goldberg, Barry Grossman, Ernie Colon and Joe Rubinstein have all participated in the creation of recent issues.
The comic book's characters' looks have recently been reinvented by reclusive European artist Kola Remaz. Remaz, letterer and Editor in Chief, Tani Pinson aka "Chief Golem" and writer Matt Brandstein make up the creative team responsible for a brand new Golem Factory series expected to launch in the winter of 2010.
As an actor, Brandstein made a brief cameo as a CIA operative in the 2006 Karan Johar Bollywood blockbuster Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. That same year, he appeared as a Hip Hop dance enthusiast in the Bollywood musical comedy Jaan-E-Mann.
If last month’s tragedy taught Novato anything, it’s that residents need to take road safety as seriously as they do housing elements. Lives, not just town character or property values, can hang on things we hardly ever think about. Where should the first stop sign be when we enter Novato? What about this road makes the speed limit seem so low? There are easy ways to reform Novato’s streets to be safer for drivers, bikers, and pedestrians, but they only take us so far. Going further would require Novato to rethink the fundamental purpose of its roads. But let’s start easy.
The points of greatest danger are the approaches into the city, where people transition from highway to city driving. In these areas, speeds officially fall from 45+ miles per hour down to 25 or 35, though roadway design and culture tack on another 5-10 miles per hour.
To bring people from highway mode and into city mode, Novato has employed stop signs and stop lights, but these are insufficient. Coverage of the Ratliff crash included quotes from people grousing about high vehicle speeds where she was killed, yet the only indication of a falling speed limit was the speed limit sign. Everything else about the road screamed at the driver, “It’s safe to drive fast here.”
European cities use a combination of special road paint, stop signs, and roundabouts to calm traffic and get drivers into urban driving mode. Roundabouts would be a bit much for a conservative city like Novato, but paint and stop signs certainly aren’t.
Different shoulder paint tells drivers that a change is coming, while a stop sign would clearly delineate where the change actually is. The key is to get drivers out of what is essentially an automatic driving mode and into a more attentive mode. On a rural road or Highway 101, one never expects things to jump out in front of the car. The road, through paint and a stop sign, will alert drivers to this change, making them more attentive to the increased complexity of city driving.
Novato’s streets are themselves unsafe. At a typical driving speed of 40 miles per hour, pedestrians hit have a very low chance of survival. At the same time, the streets can have lanes as wide as those on a freeway (about 12 feet), putting drivers back into a highway mode. These arterial roads should be redesigned for safety. Above all, that means narrowing lanes to 10 feet in a process called a lane diet.
Unlike a road diet, which removes lanes to provide space for a center turn lane or a median, a lane diet just narrows the existing lanes and gives the excess space over to parking, biking or sidewalks. Novato roads already have center turn lanes, medians, and parking. It’s hard to imagine using 28 feet (two lanes plus narrowing existing lanes) for anything useful without land accompanying land-use reforms.
But four 10-foot lanes with a center turn lane would do plenty of good for street safety. Lane diets reduce crash rates, sometimes as much as 43%. Vehicle speeds, too, are reduced by road diets and lane diets, meaning those crashes that do occur are less likely to be serious. The fact that street capacity would remain essentially unchanged is an added political bonus. Introducing lane diets to Novato arterials would make them objectively better roads.
We still need to deal with 8 feet of extra road width on our dieted streets. Rather than using it on sidewalks, Novato should convert its class II bicycle lanes to class I cycle tracks.
Cycle tracks are fully separated bicycle paths that have buffers or barriers between them and the automobile traffic and are best suited for roads with high traffic volume or high vehicle speeds, i.e., arterial roads.
NACTO’s bicycle lane guide recommends cycle tracks widths of at least five feet with a three foot buffer. If we combine the width removed from our road lane diets with the width of existing class II bike lanes, there is enough space for a cycle track going in either direction. This improvement would increase safety for bicyclists by getting them away from car traffic without banishing them from the street entirely, increase safety for pedestrians by putting space between them and traffic, and increase bicycling by providing infrastructure appropriate to the road.
Costs are relatively minimal, at least compared to what we spend on road infrastructure. Cycle tracks typically range from about $100,000 to $165,000 per mile. For about $3.35 million, Novato could install cycle tracks on every arterial street in the city; it could do every rural arterial for about $970,000 more. Considering that we’re spending 270 times that on highway expansion, it might be worth more attention from TAM and city hall.
Such an expansive investment in bicycling in Novato would be transformative. While transit and walking aren’t terribly efficient modes of transportation through most of Novato, the bicycle is. If the city provided the infrastructure for in-city trips, it would cut down on traffic and improve the health and quality of life any resident that can ride. At least one study found that cycle tracks increase bicycling by 250% and that in turn increases safety for all road users, from driver to pedestrian, by making drivers more aware of vulnerable users and calming traffic.
Last week's post exhorted Novato to stand and say enough: enough death, enough apathy. Rather than leave it up to the process, Novatans should tell the council to fix gateways roads, shrink lanes, and invest in bicycle infrastructure that fits the needs of the road. It’s not an issue of road capacity, for it would hardly change. It’s an issue of political will on the part of Novato’s councilmembers, city staff, and residents. They have the power to make safe their city’s streets. Or they could call deaths on their streets inevitable and do nothing at all.
Some of those that will be in attendance are James Beard Award–winning chef José Andrés; Nathan Myhrvold, author of Modernist Cuisine; Dr. Ellen Stofan, Chief Scientist of NASA; Sam Kass, former Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition at the White House; and Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA. In addition to the aforementioned there will also be a diverse group of thought leaders and provocateurs including chefs, scientists, journalists, activists, investors, and more.
Over the course of two days, speakers and panelists will explore how a deeper understanding of changes in science, technology, and investment strategies empowers us all to make choices today that will lead to a healthier and more equitable tomorrow.
The agenda will consist of three categories: The Future of Health: Food, Flavor, & Innovation; The Future of the Plate: Innovation in the Kitchen; and the Future of the Farm: Science and Technology Outlook.
· Gary Bennett, Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology, Global Health and Medicine, Duke University
The JBF Food Conference will also include the James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards dinner and ceremony on Monday, October 19, at Hearst Tower, co-hosted by Good Housekeeping and emceed by Andrea Reusing, chef and owner of Lantern Restaurant. Now in its fifth year, the ceremony will honor five visionaries across a broad range of backgrounds who influence how, why, and what we eat. All five of the 2015 Leadership Awards recipients— Don Bustos, Eliot Coleman, Saru Jayaraman, Sam Kass, Bryant Terry—will also be participating in the conference.
Conference attendees are also invited to the official welcome reception, featuring the winners of the Better Burger Project, on Sunday, October 18 from 6:00–8:00 P.M. at the James Beard House (167 West 12th Street, NYC).
As I've posited more than once on here: sometimes my shots are a result of waiting for hours in expectation of something great, and sometimes they are just a matter of dumb luck. Well, sometimes they require both in equal measures.
The red panda exhibit is one of my favourite places to shoot photos at the Toronto Zoo. There are no obstructions (screens, glass, etc.) and the exhibit itself is quite lovely. It can be quite frustrating at times, though, as it's often hit-or-miss as to whether these adorable fur bundles will actually be out and about, and not sleeping somewhere inside their fenced-in paddock. Anything other than relatively moderate temperatures will ordinarily find them seeking shade or warmth inside; the rest of the time, when they aren't asleep outside they are flitting about rather rapidly, which can pose problems of its own as their habitat is not particularly well-lit. Still, when you do get "that shot" it's supremely rewarding because their colours – and those of the background – usually make for a striking picture.
On this particular day, in early December a couple of years ago, the temperature was hovering around freezing and it had just started to snow. The newly renovated Eurasia Wilds had just reopened and I found myself heading there first on most visits to the Zoo, this day being no exception. I wasn't holding out much hope of seeing either Cassie or Ralphie, though, as the cold seemed to suggest they'd be seeking out warmer quarters. I was pleasantly surprised to see them both wandering around when I arrived, but as I got my camera out of my bag Cassie headed up a ramp made out of a tree bough and began to curl into a ball in her "hammock". I turned my attention to Ralphie for a little while, then considered moving on to the camels because Cassie didn't appear to be in any hurry to leave her comfortable perch. But she just looked so adorable curled up there that I decided to stay for a while. There were hardly any other visitors around so it was a pretty good place to just relax and find some Zen. After a little while, Cassie began to rouse herself and suddenly raised her head up to look down at Ralphie, still moving about on the ground beneath her. Having thankfully not put my camera away I brought it up to my eye, focused on Cassie's face in a tight zoom, and began to shoot. I'm not sure if it was the sound of the camera or just the realization that somebody was there watching (remember, they had been out of the public's eye for a couple of years), but Cassie sleepily looked directly at me and held her gaze for several seconds. That's when I was able to get some ridiculously cute shots, including the one I used for October in this year's calendar. I think what really makes this particular shot stand out for me is the way Cassie has her ears kind of pinned back; this was the case solely because she had been sleeping in a tight ball only moments earlier. Patience + timing = huge reward.
After I created the calendar I went back to the original image of Cassie. Because I was unrestricted by the demands of an 8 1/2 x 11 inch page, I re-cropped it in a way that I found quite pleasing (Rule of Thirds and all that). Then I began to play around with the colours in PhotoShop, It's not perfect – note the splash of colours over her right paw – but it wasn't bad for a first attempt (I've since been able to perfect it). This image made me so happy that when Vistaprint prompted me to consider buying a t-shirt with one of my photos on it – for a huge discount – I jumped at the chance and uploaded this shot. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out; on the shirt, the left-over colour patch is virtually unnoticeable. I'm seriously considering playing around with this "colour subject on black & white background" effect quite a bit more and using the best ones as images for our hallway at home.
For anyone trying to work out how to tell them apart, here are a couple of photos of the two of them in the same frame. In the first one, Ralphie is on the left. He is much darker and redder than Cassie, the rings on his tail are far less pronounced, and he is smaller (the weight difference is actually much greater today than two years ago). In the second photo...well, let's see if you can work it out for yourself. There's a very big hint in the slightly blurry background!
Quick historical note about the two types of panda: red pandas were actually discovered first. The best theory on the etymology of the name "panda" is it is derived from the Nepalese "nigalya ponya", which translates as "eater of bamboo". When the larger, more famous, black & white animal was discovered 50 years later, scientists took note of the similar diet and habitat, but also the astounding evolutionary adaptation of a "pseudo-thumb" (sort of an "extra digit" formed from an extension of the wrist bone) with which these two species were able to grip bamboo in order to eat it. To differentiate, the names "giant panda" and "lesser panda" were used – although, to anyone who has seen them, the larger creatures are anything but "giant". It wasn't until quite recently that zoologists worked out that giant pandas are actually related to bears, whereas the lesser – or "red" – pandas are a species unto themselves, their closest cousins being raccoons. One last cool note: in Mandarin, a panda is known as "Xióngmāo", which translates best as "bear cat". This really makes sense when you look at the original panda (the lesser panda); the name now is taken to mean the giant pandas, though, which makes a little less sense. I'm oversimplifying quite a bit, but those are the basics.
I've another red panda photo from this past year that is so sweet I might not be able to keep it out of 2017's calendar. The competition, however, is very stiff indeed; only time will tell. I hope to have it finalized and an order placed before this week is out. I'll keep you all posted!
Next month: an animal I finally featured in a month other than December or January, with a shot taken with the use of a borrowed lens. Tune in then!
Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son asks bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? (Matt. 7:7-11)
In this well-known passage, Jesus describes three kinds of prayer. In our times of asking, we go to Him with personal petitions. In seeking prayer, we look to Him for guidance, clarity, and more of His presence. When we knock, we’re hitting on something that needs to be opened for ourselves or for others – something that’s resisting us temporarily. Any large undertaking will need large doses of the knocking kind of prayer in order to remove obstacles and “prepare the way of the Lord.” Knocking prayer is prayer that will need to be constant and at times even fervent.
For anyone who sees a long road ahead of him, the good news is this: Jesus gave the same encouragement to knocking people as he did to the “askers and seekers” – to him who knocks it shall be opened!
Lord, build some “heavenly fortitude” into me. In too many things and in too many ways I have failed at prayer, for I have only asked or questioned when I ought to have knocked. Bring me and bring us as a people into the power of steadfast, determined and tenacious prayer that overcomes the resistance of the enemy and unleashes Your almightiness in our situations. I believe that You will give us good things – if we ask!
Hello little leaf. You make me smile as I watch and listen to you slide across the pavement. You are small and seemingly unimportant, but you mean as much as the bigger leaves I see on the ground. Your life was just as important. You had your place. Now you have fallen to the ground to dry and wither, cast aside by the tree that mothered you. Your return to the soil is your return to where it all began. It is the end of one journey and the beginning of another. It has come full circle.
It’s with great pleasure that we introduce The Hog Ring community to our newest site sponsor: NC Carpet Binding & Equipment.
For over 69 years, NC Carpet Binding & Equipment has been an industry-leading manufacturer of industrial sewing machines for upholstery, carpet, netting and turf.
Founded by family members Maliad Maher and Joseph Caplan after World War II, NC Carpet Binding & Equipment has a long history of innovation and is renowned for developing a range of custom sewing machines. In fact, NC Carpet Binding & Equipment invented the first bobbin-less, zigzag, double chain lock stitch machine to bind carpets in one pass, as well as the first bobbin-less portable carpet binder and portable serger.
Today, NC Carpet Binding & Equipment has a large selection of high-quality sewing machines for a range of industries — including automotive upholstery.
No doubt, you’ve seen some amazing car interiors that were trimmed using NC sewing machines. For example, Dan Miller Auto Upholstery in Westlake Village, California, used the NC6 machine to trim the interior of the VLF Force 1 supercar, which was showcased at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. Many auto upholstery shops also use the NC6L, a long-arm sewing machine, that’s the largest and most affordable in its class.
We spoke with Maliad’s son Mal Maher, director of domestic and international sales, website design and marketing efforts, to learn more about what NC Carpet Binding & Equipment has to offer The Hog Ring community — and boy were we impressed!
We manufacture our carpet machines and source upholstery machines from the likes of Seiko- Japan. Of course, we are a large reseller of Juki Machines too. NC Specialty Machines like our 30” long arm and twin needle walking foot are sourced from a dedicated mill we’ve trusted for decades. In all cases, our machines are built to last a lifetime. In fact, many from the 1950s are still in operation today.
With over 16,000 clients worldwide, we provide equipment to the likes of General Motors, Honda, Gulfstream, Corvette America, all four U.S. Military Branches and Will Castro Designs of the hit TV show “Unique Rides” on Velocity.
However, the majority of our customer base is comprised of small, independently owned upholstery shops, carpet installers, carpet mills and carpet stores.
Every NC machine comes with a maintenance and training video that illustrates threading, usage, proper maintenance and minor repairs. The videos help accelerate the learning curve and teach operators how to maintain their NC machines.
We specialize in the setup of entire interior workrooms and sewing plants. In this, we help with every element of setup. Of course, discounted machine pricing is provided. Equally important, an onsite technician will accompany your equipment for factory setup and training.
Most recently, we set up factory workrooms for Embraer, Airworthy Aerospace and Worldwide Autosports.
NC backs up its industry leading machinery with same-day repair service. Our second-to-none staff of engineers and technicians provide 24-hour turn-around time on all sewing machine repairs. We also repair and stock parts for Juki, Consew, Seiko, Singer and Pfaff sewing machines.
Yes. At any given time we stock over 200 used sewing machines. We sell them as reconditioned units and they all carry a new machine warranty.
In 2012, we launched a 12-month, interest-free financing program. We pay all the interest for you, which allows you to only pay for your machinery and supplies. It’s been a wonderful tool for existing companies looking to defer payments and has helped new start-ups blossom.
Our family has shipped worldwide since the 1950s. We annually ship to six continents (sorry, no NC Machines in Antarctica).
NC Carpet Binding & Equipment has chosen to sponsor The Hog Ring because they believe in our mission to grow and strengthen the auto upholstery industry. Their sponsorship will help offset the costs of running this website, and allow us to continue bringing you industry news, product reviews and more.
Please show your appreciation by giving them your business. To learn more about NC Carpet Binding & Equipment’s products and services, call toll free: (800) 526-1184 or visit www.n-ccarpet.com.
Hello NC Binding! Sorry it’s taken me so long to say thank you for joining The Hog Ring. Sewing and serging machines are an area that I always want to know more about, so it’s great to have you on board!
Thrush is a fairly common affection occurring in the mouth in bottle-fed infants. White patches are seen on the tongue and lining membrane of the mouth, and the child will probably have sore buttocks. Scrupulous attention should be paid to cleanliness of bottles and teats, these being boiled after each feed and kept immersed in cold boiled water between feeds. The patches in the mouth should not be cleaned after the child has had a feed.
Thrush infection sometimes occurs in adults, especially in the genital areas, causing a form of intertrigo. It may also cause peeling and oozing between or beneath the toes, or give rise to white leathery patches the fingers.
These eruptions may be treated by local application of nystatin ointment or crystal violet (gentian violet) solution, while nystatin tablets may be given by mouth. For infants, nystatin suspension may be applied to the inside of the mouth three times daily.
Occasionally thrush round the nails is seen in housewives or cooks, the areas being swollen, red and tender, the condition tends to be chronic unless the hands are kept dry. A 2 per cent solution of crystal violet (gentian violet), or a 1 in 1,000 solution of proflavine should be applied and sometimes X-ray treatment is use din very chronic cases.
Dandruff or scurf is a mildly infectious disease of the sebaceous glands of the scalp, characterized by the copious production of horny white or yellow scales. The secretion may be so thick as to mat together the hair, or so dry as to fall off the head in a shower when the hair is combed. It is a common cause of early baldness, especially of the temple and crown, and causes irritation of the scalp; seborrhceic dermatitis may develop on other parts of the body. There is often reddening of the forehead along the margin of the hair. The heads of babies may be infected soon after birth by scales of dandruff from the mother’s hair.
Should the amount of scales be considerable, especially if there are crusts as in the case of small children, the best procedure consists in oiling the scalp overnight with olive oil, and washing off the oil in the morning with soft soap and water. The scalp needs a shampoo two or three times a week with selenium sulphide solution (Selsum). For excessive oiliness, a 10 per cent solution of sodium sulphacetamide is excellent. A more chronic case may require resorcinol lotion or ointment.
The different forms of ringworm are due to various fungi which may attack the scalp, body, skin or nails. The varieties more commonly seen are:
A rarer form called tinea cxutus or dxobt itch occurs in the groins and thighs, while tinea redts is well known as athlete’s foot and the nails may be affected by Tinea, TI gium.
On the body the lesion may be popular, in pink scaly rings, nodules, or plaques. On the scalp it usually occurs in children; the incubation period is up to two weeks and the patch begins as a pink area with scales around the hairs which are dry and broken and can easily be pulled out. It must be borne in mind that there may be associated eruptions such as seborrhea or impetigo which may mask the ringworm appearance. The disease tends to disappear spontaneously at puberty, but occasionally alopecia areata follows.
Treatment of ringworm of the scalp necessitates isolation and segregation of the patient’s towels and toilet articles. The hair should be cut close over the affected area. All older treatments have been superseded by griseofulvin, and antibiotic derived from strains of Penicillium, which is given by mouth as tablets for three to six weeks. As the new hair grows in, it is then resistant to the fungus.
For the body variety of ringworm the crusts and scales must be removed and the area rubbed will with sulphur and salicylic acid ointment. For ringworm of the toes, the region should be soaked in potassium permanganate solution and painted with castellani’s paint; a fungicide powder, such as Tineafax, is then dusted on.
Favus is also a contagious fungus disease producing yellow cup-shaped crusts which first appear on the scalp and may spread to the body. The patches tend to coalesce, and form a mass like a honeycomb; an unpleasant odour of mice or of a musty nature is characterise. The hair is very dull, but does not break as easily a in ringworm. Bald areas, however, are produced in time and the disease often proves very intractable. The treatment is again to prevent contagion, while an ointment containing mercury, salicylic acid, and resorcinol in lanolin is used, the crusts being removed with olive oil, and a soap and spirit shampoo given. Like ringworm, favus responds will to griseofulvin.
Monday's college women's volleyball result: Delaware Valleys falls 3-2 - Sports - The Intelligencer - Doylestown, PA
Delaware Valley College jumped out to a 2-0 lead but could not hold on as host Penn State Berks rallied for the 3-2, non-conference victory. Set scores were 14-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-22 and 17-15.
The Aggies (8-7) had nine kills and just one error in the fifth and decisive set, but the Lions (6-5) pulled out the set and the win thanks to 11 of their 50 overall kills.
Janel Gluch had 14 kills for Delaware Valley while Gina Page added 10 kills and 13 digs. Alyssa Riggins finished with eight kills and 26 digs. Alex DeFranceso and Destinee Horning combined for 32 digs while Alissa Frederick had 10 digs. Crystal Ronan tallied 36 assists, 20 digs and 11 service aces (five shy of the school record).
Sophia Zhang notched 21 kills for Penn State Berks. Heleanna Davison had nine blocks while Jordan Heath handed out 44 assists.
Delaware Valley returns to Freedom Conference action on Wednesday, October 2 when it travels to Misericordia University.