Brittany Cafiero	Molly Loftus

Box Score (Scranton-Fredonia St.)
Box Score (Scranton-Hartwick)

ROCHESTER, NY—The University of Scranton volleyball team split a pair of matches in the opening round of the Golden Flyer Invitational on the campus of Nazareth College Friday evening.

The Royals bounced back from a 3-0 defeat to Fredonia State in their opening match by downing Hartwick College, 3-0, to even their overall record at 3-3 on the season.

Against Fredonia St., junior outside hitter Julia Crilly (Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute) led the Royals with 10 kills and 14 digs and sophomore right-side hitter Stephanie Klug (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) had five kills and two total blocks.

Crilly came back with another ‘double-double’ in the win over Hartwick, recording 11 kills and 11 digs to bring her season total to four and 36 for her career.  Scranton also received 18 assists from freshman setter Brittany Cafiero (Merrick, NY/Kellenberg Memorial) and six kills and five blocks from sophomore middle hitter Molly Loftus (Mt. Carmel, Pa./Our Lady of Lourdes).  Freshman libero Victoria Reilly (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) came up with 10 digs for Scranton, which will take on Mt. Union (Ohio) tomorrow at 12 noon.

--ROYALS--