Shippensburg University’s volleyball team fell short at the Crimson Hawk Classic at Indiana University of Pennsylvania this past weekend.

They went 0-4 on the weekend against Adelphi University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), West Virginia State University and Ashland University. Their season record moves to 1-6. 

On Friday, the team opened the day against Adelphi. The Raiders lost the first two sets of the match but won set three to earn set four. The Panthers took control early though and did not allow the Raiders to keep momentum. The set scores were 16-25, 17-25, 25-21 and 17-25. 

Game 2 was an intense battle with the tournament hosts, IUP. Both teams traded winning sets with scores of 26-28, 25-18, 8-25, 25-13 and 9-15. The Crimson Hawks were ultimately the victors, but strong performances from the Raiders kept them on their toes. Junior Isabelle Bombas had a career-high 14 match kills.

Shippensburg finished the day hitting .117 with 99 kills. Bombas led the Raiders with 21 total kills, a .387 hitting percentage and five blocks.

Senior Emily Gardner contributed 20 kills and 26 digs. Junior Kearstin Davis recorded 77 assists and sophomore libero Shay Kolivoski finished with 38 digs and six service aces. 

Moving to Saturday, the Raiders looked to bounce back from the previous day’s losses and opened against West Virginia State. 

The teams were tied most of the first set until the Raiders pulled away several leads with kills from senior Maddie Clabaugh, Bombas and senior Kat Negron. 

The Raiders ultimately fell 3-1 with set scores of 25-17, 20-25, 18-25 and 19-25. Gardner recorded a match-high 15 kills and added two service aces. 

The final contest was against Ashland and fell with a similar result to the previous matchup. 

The Raiders fell in set one 17-25 but made a strong comeback with kills from Gardner, Bombas, sophomore Natalya Montague, and sophomore Hailey Cappleman in set two to take it away, 25-22. Set three and four did not hold strength however and the Raiders fell 21-25 and 22-25. 

Shippensburg had a hitting percentage of .118 with 103 kills. Gardner led the Raiders with 22 kills. Bombas and Cappelman recorded 16 kills each. 

The Raiders will next compete on Sept. 20 and 21 in West Virginia for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and Mountain East Conference (MEC) Crossover. 

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