Fittingly, it was Liberty's Gilberto Figueroa who took a perfectly placed set from Hurricanes teammate Adam Hann, leapt high into the air and above the net, took a big windmill swing and slammed down the clinching kill onto the Memorial Gymnasium court. <\/p>\n
Figueroa was on fire. He was also clutch. <\/p>\n
Liberty captured the fourth and fifth sets against perennial power Emmaus to rally for a key victory in Thursday evening's Lehigh Valley Conference volleyball match between championship contenders. The Hurricanes prevailed 21-25, 25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 15-10. <\/p>\n
Coach Neiad Ammary's squad improved to 8-2 overall and 7-1 in the conference. Emmaus is now 8-2 and 6-2. <\/p>\n
A junior who came to the United States from Puerto Rico prior the school year, Figueroa finished off both the tying and go-ahead points in the decisive final game. His first kill tied the set at 9 and his second put Liberty ahead to stay at 10-9. <\/p>\n
The Hurricanes scored six straight points to open a 14-9 lead. Figueroa then ended it in style. <\/p>\n
\"My Achilles tendon is bothering me,\" he said, \"so I tend to start slow. But once I was confident in the foot, I started to feel really strong. I've got to give credit to my teammates, though, especially Adam Hann. He made very good decisions and very good sets. We're like a big family, everyone works together.\" <\/p>\n
\"Gilberto played very, very well in the offseason,\" Ammary said. \"But his grades were low and I suspended him about a month before the season started. Then he had heart surgery and was out a couple more weeks. He's just getting back to the level he's capable of playing at.\" <\/p>\n
Figueroa had plenty of help from his more experienced teammates. <\/p>\n
Hann, a senior, finished with 52 assists. Senior Ryan Holzer produced 13 kills and three aces, and played particularly well in the second-set victory for Liberty. Senior Zach Gallagher had 10 kills and eight aces, including five consecutive service points during the fifth-set spurt. <\/p>\n
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