Kristin Kirwan	Victoria Capogna	Megan Monastra
Kindler Norman	Regina Schetroma	Catherine Manning

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The University of Scranton women's volleyball team broke a 23-year-old program record on Saturday by picking up the team's 32nd win of the season, defeating Gettysburg, 3-0, on Saturday afternoon in a tri-match at Swarthmore College.

The Royals (32-3) broke the previous program record for victories in a season, which was set in 1994 when they went 31-13. That season was also the only other season in which Scranton reached the 30-win plateau in the program's 42-year history.

Scranton dropped a hard-fought match later in the day, falling to the host Swarthmore, 3-1, for only the team's third loss of the season.

Scranton 3, Gettysburg 0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-17) - box score

The Royals cruised to the record-setting victory behind 10 kills, eight digs and four blocks from junior outside hitter Kristin Kirwan (Park Ridge, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy). Fellow junior outside hitter Megan Monastra (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) had eight kills, and sophomore middle hitter Victoria Capogna (Farmingdale, N.Y./St. Anthony's) finished with six kills, three digs and three blocks.

Freshman setter Kindler Norman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) had a solid match, finishing with 29 assists, eight digs and three service aces. Freshman libero Regina Schetroma (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) added 18 digs and two kills in the victory. 

Swarthmore 3, Scranton 1 (21-25, 25-15, 27-25, 26-24) - box score

The Royals lost for just the third time all season after a close call in the fourth set went against them. In the defeat, Kirwan finished with a double-double of 15 kills and 13 digs, Capogna had 11 kills, six digs and two blocks, and Monastra tallied 10 kills and three digs. Norman also had a big game with 37 assists, 12 digs and three blocks.

Schetroma teamed with senior middle hitter Catherine Manning (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester) to lead the defense. Schetroma had 26 digs while Manning had six blocks, three kills and a dig.

On the day, Schetroma finished with 44 digs, giving her 514 on the season, which moves her into a tied for eighth on the program's single-season list. Norman, meanwhile, reached the 1,000-assist milestone on the season. She currently has 1,024, which ranks ninth in program history. She is the sixth player overall in Royals history to record 1,000 assists in a season.

The women's volleyball team returns to action on Tuesday, Oct. 24, when the Royals travel to Geneseo, N.Y. to take on SUNY-Geneseo in a non-conference match at 7 p.m.

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