LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The Georgian Court University women's volleyball team maintained its share of first place in the South Division of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-20) CACC victory over visiting Felician University on Saturday morning at the GCU Wellness Center.   

Felician (5-9, 4-5), despite losing both of its road conference matches this weekend, remains in fourth place in the CACC North Division upon reaching the halfway point of the league schedule. The Golden Falcons are 1 ½ games ahead of fifth-place Bloomfield College. The top four teams in each Division at season's end advance to the conference playoffs.

Georgian Court (12-5, 8-1), which has won four in a row, is tied with the Jefferson Rams atop the CACC South. Third-place Holy Family University is only a half-game behind.

Felician freshman outside hitter Kahea Aea (Mililani, Hawaii) led all players on Saturday with 10 kills and added nine digs. The Golden Falcons received nine kills and three blocks from sophomore middle blocker Katie Asbery (Mililani, Hawaii). Senior outside Peggy Rosario (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) hit .292 with nine kills to pace the Lions.

GCU topped Felician for the second time this season. The Lions won a non-conference three-setter from the Golden Falcons in a tournament hosted by Stonehill College earlier this month.

Saturday morning began poorly for Felician. The Lions, playing on their Homecoming Day, scored the match's first five points and quickly opened a 10-3 first-set lead. The Golden Falcons never came closer than a four-point deficit for the rest of the set.

Felician let a 12-8 lead slip away during Set 2. The Lions embarked upon a 6-0 run to take the lead for good. Trailing 20-16, the Golden Falcons won three consecutive points, including two on Aea kills, only to follow by allowing three in a row. An Asbery block made it 23-20, but GCU claimed the set on a Aubrey Brinkley (Toms River, N.J.) kill and a solo block from Amy Bruno (Barnegat, N.J.).

The visitors clawed back from a slow start in Set 3, turning a 9-3 downturn into an 11-11 tie, but never led. Five out of the next nine rallies ended with Felician errors, as the hosts moved ahead, 19-13. The Golden Falcons gained only one point the rest of the way to fall, 25-20 and surrender the match.

Bruno hit .600 with six kills and six blocks for GCU.

Felician hosts a non-conference tri-match on Sunday in Rutherford. The Golden Falcons entertain Pace University at noon and Mercy College at 4 p.m., with the Setters and Mavericks meeting in between.