SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University volleyball team closed out a perfect home weekend with a convincing four-set (25-19, 25-20, 18-25, 28-26) victory over California (Pa.) Saturday at Morrow Field House.
 
Saturday's win, combined with its Friday victory over Seton Hill University, gives The Rock six wins over their last eight matches while improving their record to 9-7 overall and 2-1 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition. Meanwhile, the Vulcans drop to 13-3 overall and 1-1 in league matches following the loss.
 
Slippery Rock's victory over California was the definition of a true all-around team effort.
 
Offensively, four Rock athletes finished with double-digit kill production in Callie Chevalier (15), Lauren VonderHaar (14), Gwen McCarthy (12) and Emry Rumbaugh (11). The Rock's quartet of double-digit kill providers combined for a .254 attack percentage.
 
Marley Annis served a team-high two aces. Setters Paityn Krause (25) and Jaeden Yost (22) combined for 47 of Slippery Rock's 54 assists with both serving one ace apiece as well.
 
SRU's stout front line featured VonderHaar going for 10 total blocks (three solo / seven assisted) with Rumbaugh (4), McCarthy (3), Addison Jones (4) and Ava Haynes (3) all tallying multiple block assists as well.
 
Libero Kara Pasquale compiled 23 digs for her eighth 20+ dig outing of 2025. Krause (14) and Chevalier (12) also captured double-digit dig totals in the win.
 
Chevalier, VonderHaar and Krause all provided The Rock with double-doubles.
 
Collectively, Slippery Rock posted a single-match season-high in kills (59) while holding advantages over the Vulcans in attack percentage (.200-.195), kills (59-55) and assists (54-51). Both teams had 14 blocks and five aces while California edged SRU in digs (74-70).
 
In what was a theme for the entire match, the opening set was a back-and-forth bout between two evenly matched teams. However, with California leading 19-18 The Rock rattled off seven consecutive points to close out a 25-19 victory. Annis had two aces over the run.
 
SRU claimed the opening six points of the second set. While the Vulcans did claw back to within three points, Slippery Rock used a decisive run in the middle stages of the game to open a nine-point edge (16-7) that allowed the hosts to trade points with its PSAC West counterparts down the stretch for a 25-20 win. Chevalier had four kills in the second set.
 
The Vulcans avoided the sweep with a 25-18 victory in the third set before Slippery Rock played its way out to a seemingly safe 15-7 advantage in the fourth set only for California to steadily chip away at SRU's lead to pull ahead 22-21.
 
From there, SRU pushed itself into a match point situation with a kill by Rumbaugh and an attack error by the Vulcans. While California pressured The Rock by pulling itself into ties at 24-24, 25-25 and 26-26, Slippery Rock ultimately prevailed thanks to back-to-back Cal miscues en route to the 28-26 win.
 
Sarah Stephenson had a match-high 25 kills and Lindsey Scammell garnered seven blocks (four solo / three assisted) to pace the Vulcans.
 
VonderHaar continued her approach to The Rock's career block record by passing Anastasia Urbanik (2005-08) for second place in program history. She now has 344 rejections, 24 behind Laurie Flynn's (1991-94) program record of 368.
 
Slippery Rock continues its homestand with a 6 p.m. Oct. 10 match against Edinboro at Morrow Field House.




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