JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University volleyball team lost a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference match in three sets Saturday at Pitt-Johnstown 25-20, 25-17, 25-19.
 
With the loss, Slippery Rock will exit the weekend with a 9-15 overall record and a 6-9 PSAC mark while Pitt-Johnstown improves to 16-11 overall and 10-5 in conference competition.
 
Senior Beth Stumpf had nine kills and seven digs to lead The Rock's efforts on Saturday. Junior Kaley Fucci finished second on the team in kills with seven in addition to posting three blocks.
 
Senior Shayla Ray and sophomore Erinn Kahoe had five kills each with Ray compiling four blocks and Kahoe adding three rejections and a pair of aces of her own.
 
Junior Zoe Rivet assisted on 22 of The Rock's 26 kills while sophomore Jalyn Willard made a team-best 14 digs to round out The Rock's top performers against the Mountain Cats.
 
Maura Brehl had 18 kills and four blocks to lead the UPJ attack. For the match, Pitt-Johnstown held advantages over The Rock in kills (48-26), attack percentage (.286-.070), aces 3-2, digs (51-34) and blocks (8-7).
 
Slippery Rock resumes competition 6 p.m. Oct. 30 at PSAC Northwest Division rival Edinboro University. SRU defeated the Fighting Scots, 3-0, at home earlier in the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 – Slippery Rock and UPJ played even for much of the opening set, but a 7-2 Mountain Cat run over the middle portion of the set proved to be the difference in the first as UPJ secured a 25-20 win.
 
SET 2 – SRU took a 10-9 lead in the second set before Pitt-Johnstown rattled off a decisive 13-1 run that gave way to an eventual 25-17 Mountain Cat triumph.
 
SET 3 – As was the case for much of the match, Slippery Rock and Pitt-Johnstown once again played even for the majority of the third set, but UPJ was able eek out the 25-19 win by scoring four of set's last six points to seal the overall win.
 
 

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