EDINBORO, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University volleyball team ended its 2021 season with a three-set 25-15, 25-18, 25-15 road loss at Edinboro University Saturday in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition.  
 
Chelsie Wheeler came off the bench to lead The Rock with an impressive eight-kill, three-block showing that included a .227 attack percentage. Stephanie O'Donnell and Lauren Crytzer also produced a pair of blocks each. Tiara Teague chipped in two kills to go with three blocks.

Slippery Rock's attack also featured Erica Selfridge with five kills as well as the trio of Crytzer, O'Donnell and Alayna Chizmar with four kills apiece. Peytan Gullickson passed out 13 assists while Taylor Fellers contributed 10 assists and SRU's lone ace of the match all the while making seven digs.
 
Rounding out Slippery Rock's top contributors Saturday was Kate Lachendro with a team-best eight digs and Lauren Weber with six digs as well.
  
SRU and Edinboro traded points early on the first set before Edinboro got some separation from The Rock to take a 12-6 lead and force a SRU timeout. The break in action could not derail the Fighting Scots' momentum as EU went on to stretch its lead out to double digits on the way to a 25-15 win.
 
The second set was once again an evenly-contested game as The Rock and Fighting Scots played out to a 10-10 tie before a quick 4-0 run provided Edinboro with a lead it would not relinquish in a 25-18 victory.
 
As was the case all match long, Slippery Rock once again more than held its own against Edinboro in the beginning of the third set, but another multi-point spurt by the Fighting Scots – this one in the form of seven consecutive points – once again put SRU in a hole it could never quite climb out of as Edinboro finished off the set, and the match, at 25-15.
 
Edinboro held advantages over SRU in kills (45-27), attack percentage (.320-.071) and aces (9-1) while each team finished with six total blocks.
 
Slippery Rock concludes the season with an overall record of 5-25 while Edinboro enters the upcoming PSAC Tournament with a mark of 21-5. Saturday's match was the final collegiate contests in the careers of The Rock's 2021 senior class of Crytzer, Weber, Teague and Cacey Cook.  
 
 



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