The Red Raiders split two of the team’s first games at the PSAC Crossover 1 on Friday. The Raiders beat host Mercyhurst University in three straight sets with scores of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-17. The team later fell to Edinboro University in five sets to scores of 25-18, 14-25, 21-25, 25-22 and 14-16.

The team’s first game in the PSAC Crossover 1 went very well. The Raiders were able to take advantage of the 27 attack and 11 service errors made by Mercyhurst. Junior Annie Goerl played very well. She had a team high of eight kills while her teammate, freshman Morgan DeFloria, had six kills of her own to go along with a .455 hitting percentage.

Junior Maura Nolan also played well against Mercyhurst, contributing a double-double with 18 assists and 14 digs.

The loss to Edinboro was only the third loss of the season for the Raiders and the team’s second loss in five sets by an extra point.

Despite the loss, sophomore Maria Peluso and senior Laura Plank both played well. Peluso had a double-double against Edinboro with 12 kills and 10 digs, while Plank contributed 17 digs of her own.

DeFloria also played well against Edinboro with 10 kills on a team high of 42 swings.

Despite the loss, the team did make history that night. Nolan’s 31 assists against Edinboro helped her become the fourth player in school history to surpass 3,000 career assists. She currently has a total of 3,009 career assists in 87 matches.

Senior Taylor Gottshall also made her way into the record books. Her nine blocks from Friday gave her a grand total of 511 blocks for her career.

The Raiders played very well despite splitting the opening two games of the tournament. The Raiders will look to bounce back Saturday from the loss to Edinboro when the team plays Gannon University at 10:00 a.m. and Slippery Rock University at 3:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

The Red Raiders split a pair of matches for the second straight day at the PSAC Crosser 1 tournament this weekend. The Raiders lost to Gannon University in 4 sets with scores of 22-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 23-25. The Raiders did bounce back in their second game, defeating Slippery Rock University in five sets with scores of 23-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-20 and 15-11.

In Saturday’s game against Gannon, freshman Morgan DeFloria had a team high of 13 kills on 45 swings. DeFloria’s teammate, senior Taylor Gottshall, played very well. She had eight kills on just a single error (hitting .350 on the game), while also having three block assists.

Junior Maura Nolan had a double-double against Gannon, with 36 assists and 17 digs, while senior Laura Plank had a team high 24 digs in the game.

Despite the loss, both Nolan and Plank played very well in the Raiders’ win against Slippery Rock. Nolan had another double-double with 43 assists and 21 digs while Plank had 19 digs of her own against Slippery Rock.

Those 19 digs against Slippery Rock gave Plank 1,387 digs for her career and moved her up to sixth all time in school history.

The Raiders played very well as a team against Slippery Rock on Saturday. DeFloria had 15 kills to go along with four blocks against the Slippery Rock. Gottshall had six kills of her own to go along with two solo blocks and five block assists. Senior Faith Athey also had a good game with six kills, one solo block and four block assists.

Junior Annie Goerl had a double-double against Slippery Rock, with 13 kills and 21 digs, while fellow junior Rebecca Pryor had eight kills without an error and a solo block to go along with three block assists.

The Raiders will be on the road next weekend to play Lock Haven University on Friday and Pitt-Johnstown University on Saturday.

Share