Shippensburg’s volleyball closed out its regular season schedule with two road games against East Stroudsburg on Friday and Kutztown on Saturday.

Shippensburg suffered a 3-1 road loss to ESU in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference matchup (PSAC) on Friday night.  

Set scores were 25-23, 19-25, 13-25 and 21-25.

SU recorded 51 kills in the match and hit .108, while ESU recorded 47 kills and hit .195. 

The Warriors delivered seven aces to the Raiders’ four. ESU out-blocked SU 14-5.

Shippensburg had 31 errors in the match, while East Stroudsburg only had 16. 

Senior Isabelle Bombas led the Raider offense with 10 kills and hit .450 from the floor. She added a solo block and a block assist.

Redshirt sophomore Gracen Nutt and freshman Elise Bragg both added nine kills. Bragg tallied 13 digs, and Nutt added two block assists. 

On Saturday night, Shippensburg fell in four sets at Kutztown in a PSAC matchup. Set scores were 25-15, 12-25, 24-26 and 23-25.

Shippensburg ended the match with a .116 hitting percentage and recorded 45 kills. Kutztown delivered 55 kills and hit .156 from the floor.

The Raiders out blocked the Golden Bears 12 to five. Kutztown delivered six aces to Shippensburg’s five. 

Nutt recorded her first double-double of the season and second of her career, finishing with 11 kills and 21 digs. She tacked on a block assist and a solo block.

Senior Kearstin Davis and sophomore Jaiden Anderson shared the setting duties, with Davis contributing 21 assists and Anderson adding 19. Davis added two aces and 12 digs. 

Junior Shay Kolivoski led the SU defense with 22 digs, an ace and two assists.

Shippensburg was previously on a 12-game win streak before losing the final two games of the season.

With the loss on Saturday and an East Stroudsburg win over Shepherd, Shippensburg will be the No. 2 East seed in the PSAC Tournament.

The Raiders will host No. 3 West seed Pitt-Johnstown on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Heiges Field House.

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