The University of Scranton women's volleyball team split its Saturday schedule, falling to DeSales, 3-2, and defeating Clarkson in five sets, 3-2.
Game 1 vs. DeSales
The Basics
- Set Series: Scranton 1, DeSales 3 (25-20, 19-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-12)
- Records: Scranton (13-9, 4-1), DeSales(16-5, 3-2)
How It Happened
First Set
- The Royals opened the set on a 4-0 tear, behind the serve of Audrey Hibbard
- Scranton took an 11-5 lead, as forced Bulldog errors allowed for the Royals to create separation
- The Royals took a 21-15 lead off kills from Angela Bush and Natalie Kettler, but the Bulldogs fought back to tie the game at set point
- Scranton was unable to fight off the Bulldogs' momentum, dropping the set 27-25
Second Set
- DeSales carried the momentum into the second set, taking a 2-0 lead
- The Royals responded to take a 6-4 lead, as Ava Seidenstein and Bush each recorded a kill
- Adria Vargas, Kettler, and Seidenstein added a string of kills as Scranton's lead extended to 17-9.
- Scranton held on to win the set, tying the game at 1-1, with a 25-14 second-set victory.
Third Set
- DeSales opened the set on a 4-0 run, but a kill from Danielle Kramer and back-to-back aces from Hibbard brought the Royals within one.
- The Bulldogs capitalized on Royal attack errors to take a 20-10 lead, eventually closing the set 25-17.
Fourth Set
- The Bulldogs jumped out to a 7-3 lead, but kills from Kramer and Kettler brought the Royals within striking distance, down 7-6.
- DeSales continued to build the lead to 15-8, but Scranton scored six straight to get within one, down 15-14.
- The Bulldogs battled back, but the Royals went on another run to tie the game at 22-22, then 23-23. However, DeSales was able to regain the advantage, then capitalize to win the set and game.
Top Performers
By the Numbers
- Scranton and DeSales tied for kills at 48 a piece, and attack errors at 23 each
- The Royals served 10 aces and recorded 9 total blocks
Game 2 vs. Clarkson
The Basics
- Set Series: Scranton 3, Clarkson 2 (25-20, 19-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-12)
- Records: Scranton (14-9, 4-1), Clarkson (14-9, 2-3)
How It Happened
First Set
- The Royals stormed out to a 9-2 start, as Caitlyn McGonigal scored back-to-back aces, and Kramer added two kills.
- Clarkson fought back, getting within three of the Royals at 18-15.
- Scranton held off the surge, scoring the last five points of the set to take a 25-17 victory.
Second Set
- Vargas opened the second with an ace, backed with a Bush kill to take an early 2-0 lead.
- The Royals scored four straight off Clarkson attack errors, a Kramer kill, and a Quirk ace to extend the lead to 7-2.
- The Golden Knights battled back, tying the game at 9-9.
- The Royals fought off Clarkson's attack, finishing the set with back-to-back kills from Andie Fortmeyer to take a two set advantage, 25-22.
Third Set
- The Golden Knights started the third on a 5-2 run, but a Kasia Burda kill evened the score at 5-5.
- Down three at 16-13, Fortmeyer recorded back-to-back kills and Burda delivered one of her own to tie the set at 16-16.
- The teams traded points for the remainder of the set, tying at every point from 17 to 22, until the Golden Knights took a 24-22 lead.
- Clarkson scored the last three points of the set to take the third, 25-22
Fourth Set
- The teams traded points early in the fourth, until a four point swing from Clarkson gave the Golden Knights a 6-2 lead.
- Scranton battled back to tie the game at 10-10, then took their first lead of the set at 19-17 off a Fortmeyer kill.
- Back-to-back Vargas kills gave the Royals a 21-18 lead, but the Golden Knights took the fourth, 25-23, to tie the match 2-2.
Fifth Set
- The Royals opened the set on a 5-1 run on Burda and Vargas kills.
- Scranton continued to build their lead as Quirk and Fortmeyer combined for a block and Lexi Brown added an ace, Royals ahead 11-3.
- Quirk delivered the dagger to seal the five-set victory for Scranton, 15-10.
Top Performers
By the Numbers
- Scranton totaled 66 kills on 62 assists
- The Royals were dominant at the net, outblocking the Golden Knights with 12-4 block assists
Up Next
The Royals will host Landmark Conference opponent Goucher on Friday night at 7PM in the Long Center.
