The Red Raiders were on the road this past weekend, with matches against Lock Haven and Pitt-Johnstown. The Raiders played well against Pitt-Johnstown, defeating the Bald Eagles in five sets with scores of 12-25, 25-22, 20-25, 25-17 and 15-10.
Unfortunately, the Raiders could not keep the team’s momentum going to into Saturday’s game against the Mountain Cats, falling in three straight sets to scores of 25-13, 25-19 and 25-12.
The Raiders’ win against Lock Haven was the team’s second straight win at Thomas Field House after never winning a game there in its 11 career matches.
Four Raiders had double digit kills on Friday. Senior Faith Athey and junior Annie Goerl tied with a team high of 13 kills that night. Athey had six blocks , while Goerl had a double-double with 15 digs to go along with her 13 kills.
Senior Taylor Gottshall and freshman Morgan DeFloria each had 11 kills. Gottshall had an efficient night with a .226 hitting percentage on four errors while DeFloria had seven digs that night, as well.
Junior Maura Nolan had a great game. Nolan had multiple assists on 45 attacks to go along with 18 digs, two kills and two blocks, while also serving two aces.
Nolan was not the only one of her teammates with double digit digs that night: senior Laura Plank had a team high 28 digs, while sophomores Courtney Malott and Maria Peluso had 16 and 21 digs of their own, respectively.
Unfortunately, the Raiders did not play as they did against Lock Haven when the team faced Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday night.
The team lost in three straight sets on Saturday, thanks in large part to the team’s struggles on the offensive end. The team had a total of 23 kills that day to go along with a .025 hitting percentage.
Despite the team’s poor play, collectively multiple players played well against the Marauders, including four players with double digit digs.
Nolan had 17 assists to go along with a team-high 15 digs, while her teammates Peluso, Goerl and Plank each had 13, 11 and 10 digs, respectively.
Gottshall had a nice night as well, with three kills to go along with six block assists.
The Raiders will have a chance to make up for Saturday’s loss when they play Millersville again Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
The Slate welcomes thoughtful discussion on all of our stories, but please keep comments civil and on-topic. Read our full guidelines here.