Julia Crilly	Rachael Cisto	Brittany Cafiero

Box (Scranton-Elizabethtown)
Box (Scranton-Moravian)

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—The University of Scranton volleyball team locked up a Landmark Conference tournament berth by defeating Elizabethtown College, 3-0, and Moravian College, 3-2, at Johnston Hall Saturday.

The wins improved the Royals to 18-7 overall and 5-0 in the conference play.  With just two conference matches remaining, Scranton can finish no worse than third place in the battle for the top four spots.

Senior Julia Crilly (Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute) had 11 kills and eight digs and junior Lizzy Zimmermann (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) finished with nine kills and four digs in the victory over Elizabethtown.  Scranton, which hit a respectable .178 for the match, also received six kills and nine digs from freshman Morgan Rentzheimer (Laurys Station, Pa./Parkland) and 26 assists, three service aces, and five digs from sophomore Brittany Cafiero (Merrick, NY/Kellenberg Memorial).

In the win over Moravian, junior Rachael Cisto (Oxford, Conn./Sacred Heart Academy) and Crilly combined for 25 kills and Zimmermann finished with nine kills and 16 digs for Scranton, which overcame a sluggish start to pull out the victory.  After hitting -.088 in losing the first set 25-9, the Royals hit .158 and .243 in winning the second and third sets and pulled it out with a 15-10 win in the fifth and deciding set.  Cafiero had 41 assists and 12 digs and junior Stephanie Klug (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) chipped in nine kills.

Crilly recorded a ‘double-double’ in kills and digs against Moravian this afternoon, her 16th of the season and the 65th of her career.

Scranton returns to action this Thursday, October 9, against the Cougars of Misericordia University at the Anderson Center in Dallas, Pennsylvania,  beginnning at 7:00 p.m.

--ROYALS--