Nov. 3, 2007
Final Stats
Slippery Rock, Pa. -
Louise Schultz led a four-pronged attack Saturday afternoon that carried The Rock to a 3-1 win over visiting Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division rival Indiana U. of Pa..
The 30-19, 28-30, 30-11, 30-13 win in SRU's regular-season finale gave The Rock a 22-14 overall record and a 3-7 PSAC-West mark.
The Rock will now wait anxiously to see if it will receive a berth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional tournament.
The Rock was ranked eighth in the most recent regional poll. The top eight teams in the final poll of the season (Nov. 12) will earn regional tournament berths, but three of those berths are set aside for Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and PSAC postseason tournaments.
The top eight spots in the current Atlantic Regional poll are filled by PSAC teams. Lees-McRae of the CACC is ranked ninth. No CIAA teams are ranked in the 10-team regional poll released Oct. 24.
The Rock seeks a third straight trip to regional competition.
Saturday, Schultz had a team-high 17 kills, 18 assists, 11 digs and six blocks. She was one of four Rock players to record 10 or more kills.
Anastasia Urbanik had 14 kills, 10 digs, three service aces and two blocks; Andrea Campbell had 13 kills, 18 digs and three blocks and Jen Blasko had 10 kills and 20 digs.
Anna Bixler handed out a team-high 30 assists in the match and also had 18 digs and three service aces, while Courtney Fajerski had 11 digs.
Saturday's match marked the final home appearance of three Rock seniors: Campbell, Schultz and Jenn Scott.
Saturday's match was also a fund-raiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Both The Rock and IUP collected pledges and donations as part of the foundation's nationwide "Digs for Cure" promotion.
Official totals were not available Saturday night, but an estimated $4,000 was raised at the Slippery Rock event.
Donations are still being accepted. For more information, contact Rock head coach Laurie Lokash at 724.738.2817 or laureen.lokash@sru.edu or send contributions, payable to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to: SRU Volleyball - Dig for the Cure, 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057.
