The Emmaus High School girls volleyball team won two of three Eastern Pennsylvania Conference matches last week.

The Hornets began the week with a five-set thrilling victory at Pocono Mountain East last Tuesday, Sept. 22, but then fell in straight sets at home to Bethlehem Catholic this past Thursday night.

They finished out the week with some positive momentum, downing East Stroudsburg North in straight sets on the road.

In the win over the Cardinals, Emmaus won by scores of 25-17, 25-27, 25-22, 21-25, 15-11. Fiona Answini led the attack with 13 kills and added 14 blocks for the double-double. She also added four service aces, two blocks and one assist.

Andraya Flowers finished 10 kills and 10 digs for a double-double, while adding three blocks, two aces and an assist.

Faith Brown recorded eight kills and Rosalia Landino tallied seven kills, 12 digs and five blocks. Emma Nesfeder contributed 23 assists, 10 digs and four kills. Keira Martino led the defense with 17 digs and added five aces. Ashley Hoppes had 14 assists.

In the match with the Golden Hawks, the Hornets fell by scores of 15-25, 20-25, 17-25. Answini paced the offense with 10 kills and added eight digs and one block. Landino finished with seven kills and both Flowers and Reilly Allen had three kills, with Flowers contributing eight digs. Nesfeder totaled 22 assists and six digs.

In the victory against the Timberwolves, Emmaus won by scores of 25-9, 25-6, 25-21. Both Flowers and Finley Barford finished with team-highs of five kills and each of Landino and Brown added four. Answini and Hoppes tallied five digs apiece and Nesfeder dished out 28 assists.

Emmaus, which moved to 7-3 overall and in the conference, has another two-match week, with an important one to kick off the week.

The Hornets hosted Parkland this past Tuesday night. The Trojans were undefeated entering the match. Emmaus then is at Whitehall on Thursday night before welcoming Allen to town on Monday evening.