CALIFORNIA, Pa. -  The Slippery Rock University volleyball team lost on the road in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition at California University (Pa.) in three sets Saturday.
 
The Vulcans (11-10, 6-6 PSAC West) picked up the victory over The Rock (5-21, 1-11 PSAC West) with set wins of 25-13, 25-22, 25-13.
 
Erica Selfridge posted 11 kills on a .250 attack percentage in addition to making 14 digs and serving one ace for her ninth double-double of the season. Adding to The Rock's attack was Paige Weeder, who totaled a season-high six kills as well as a personal-best 11 digs and one ace.
 
Kate Lachendro and Chelsie Wheeler chipped in three kills apiece as well with Lachendro also tying Peytan Gullickson for the team-lead in assists with nine all the while coming away with six digs and registering one block.
 
Lauren Weber made 12 digs and served one ace and Mary Berger produced a block to round out The Rock's top contributors.
 
The Vulcans jumped out to a 13-2 lead in the first set on the way to their 25-13 victory in the opener.
 
The Rock responded from a rough first set with a solid showing in the second set as the game was anyone's contest. SRU took six of the first eight points in the set before Cal U battled back to tie the contest at 10-10. The Vulcans went on to rattle off a 10-3 run to take a seemingly save 20-13 advantage. Undeterred, Slippery Rock fought back with an impressive 9-1 spurt of its own to pull ahead, 22-21, and force a Vulcan timeout.
 
However, California was able to re-group out of the timeout as it proceeded to record three of the set's final four points to complete the comeback with a 25-22 win. SRU held an 8-7 lead early in the third set, but Cal U put a cap on the match with a decisive 15-4 run which put the Vulcans ahead 22-11 en route to the eventual 25-13 match-deciding victory.
 
As a team, California held advantages over The Rock in attack percentage (.243- -.009), kills (35-27), aces (6-4) and total blocks (8-1). Sarah Moehring had eight kills and Alayja Floyd compiled five blocks for the Vulcans.
 
Slippery Rock returns to Morrow Field House for its final two home matches of the season 7 p.m. Nov. 5 vs. Clarion and 1 p.m. Nov. 6 against Indiana (Pa.) on Senior Day.
 
 
 

 
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