WHEELING, W. Va. - The Slippery Rock University volleyball team lost a non-conference match on the road at Wheeling University Saturday in three sets 25-22, 25-15, 25-14.
 
The defeat ends The Rock's two-match winning streak and drops their record to 11-8 on the year overall while the Cardinals improve to 11-6.
 
Saturday's match was the final non-conference contest of the regular season for SRU. Slippery Rock's .615 winning percentage (8-5) outside the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division is the program's highest since going 8-4 (.667) in 2017.
 
Callie Chevalier and Lauren VonderHaar turned in matching seven-kill, five-block efforts Saturday to lead The Rock with Chevalier also chipping in six digs.
 
Erica Selfridge added a team-high eight kills along with 12 digs and one ace while Alayna Chizmar matched a career-high with four blocks. Mary Berger added three blocks as well.
 
In addition to serving one of SRU's two aces in the match, Kate Lachendro also had a team-best 13 digs.
 
Rounding out SRU's top performers against Wheeling was Chelsie Wheeler with four kills and The Rock's setter duo of Jaeden Yost and Jalynn West, which combined for 32 total assists with 18 and 14, respectively.
 
After trailing by as many as five points early in the first set, Slippery battled back to pull even with the Cardinals throughout the late stages of the opener at 17-17, 18-18 and 19-19. However, Wheeling staved off SRU's comeback bid with a 6-3 run to eke out a 25-22 win.
 
The Cardinals jumped out to a 10-5 lead in the second set and while SRU was able to trim the deficit to as little as two points on one occasion, Wheeling eventually pulled away down the stretch for a 25-15 victory.
 
The third set saw Wheeling lead by as many as 10 points at 17-7 en route to the 25-14 match-deciding victory.
 
For the match, Wheeling held advantages over The Rock in kills (49-32), attack percentage (.400-.096), aces (3-2) and digs (59-37) while SRU held the edge in total blocks (10-4).
 
Slippery Rock continues its four-match road trip 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at Pitt-Johnstown for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division match.
 
 
 

 
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