Julia Crilly	Rachael Cisto
Kelly Johnson

Box Score (Scranton-Mt. Aloysius)
Box Score (Scranton-Lycoming)
Photo Gallery (courtesy of Dan Ceccacci)

SCRANTON, Pa.--Junior outside hitter Julia Crilly (Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute) turned in an MVP performance for The University of Scranton volleyball team Sunday afternoon at the Scranton Invitational.

She recorded with a match-high 21 kills and 12 digs in the Royals’ 3-1 loss to Lycoming College, after registering five kills and four digs in a 3-0 win over Mt. Aloysius College earlier in the day.  Crilly finished with 31 kills, 37 digs, eight service aces, and seven total blocks as Scranton ended tournament play with a 2-2 mark.

In the win over Mt. Aloysius, the Royals hit .270, including .520 in the third and deciding set.  Sophomore middle hitter Rachael Cisto (Oxford, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) led Scranton with six kills, freshman setter Bailey Woods (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) had 16 assists and nine digs, and senior Kelly Johnson (Pearl River, NY/Albertus Magnus) contributed six total blocks.

Joining Crilly on the all-tournament team was freshman teammate Victoria Reilly (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore), who finished with 47 digs in four matches, including 11 against Lycoming and eight against Mt. Aloysius today.

John Carroll University, from Cleveland, Ohio, won two more matches today to claim the team title with a perfect 4-0 record.  The Blue Streaks did not drop a set all weekend long and turned back The Sage Colleges and Mt. Aloysius today after downing Keystone College and Scranton yesterday.

Also named to the all-tournament team were Lyndsey Hall of Mt. Aloysius, Bethany Richardson of Lycoming, Helen Putriment of The Sages Colleges, and the John Carroll trio of Sara Kaminski, Kit O’Shaughnessy, and Sarah Orlandi.
    
With 26 kills today, Crilly moves into 14th place on the Royals’ all-time list with 843.    

The Royals will return to action next Friday, September 6, against Fredonia State in the opening round of the Golden Flyer Invitational at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York.

--ROYALS--