Julia Crilly	Jenell McFadden
Michaela McCrudden	Kristin Keegan
Marissa Every	Emily Keim

Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Sophomore Julia Crilly (Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute) and senior Jenell McFadden (Springfield, Pa./Merion Mercy Academy) combined for 33 kills, 32 digs, and eight service aces to lead The University of Scranton volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over Lycoming College in non-conference action Tuesday evening at Lamade Gymnasium.

Crilly finished with 18 kills, 21 digs, and four service aces and McFadden had 15 kills, 11 digs, and four service aces as the Royals won their second straight match to improve to 11-4.  Shelby Gear and Jackie Oliva combined for 21 kills for the Warriors, who fell to 8-4 on the year.

The Royals won the first two sets convincingly before the Warriors finally came untracked.  Lycoming took the third set, 25-22, and nearly bounced all the back from a 23-19 deficit in the fourth set before Scranton closed it out on a kill by Crilly and another by junior Michaela McCrudden (Fort Washington, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph), who finished with seven kills and four digs.

Scranton also received eight kills from sophomore Kristin Keegan (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central), 15 digs from senior libero Marissa Every (East Norriton, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph), and senior setters Emily Keim (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) and Juli Woods (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) combined for 40 assists.

Crilly’s ‘double-double’ in kills and digs was her ninth of the season and McFadden’s was her sixth.

The Royals return to action this Friday and Saturday, September 21-22, at the University of Chicago Invitational  Scranton plays Heidelberg Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. and Carroll (Wis.) later that evening at 7:30 p.m.  On Saturday, the Royals meet Chatham at 10:00 a.m. and Mt. Union at noon.

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