FAIRMONT, W. Va. - The Slippery Rock University volleyball team concluded its opening weekend of the 2025 season Saturday at the Fairmont State Classic in Fairmont, West Virginia.
 
The Rock opened the day with a three-set loss to Palm Beach Atlantic University (25-18, 25-22, 25-16) before falling to host Fairmont State University in four sets (16-25, 25-19, 25-11, 25-22).
 
SRU returns home with a 1-3 record while Palm Beach Atlantic moves to 3-1. FSU closes the Classic a perfect 4-0.
 
Slippery Rock's offensive production Saturday was led by Callie Chevalier and Marley Annis. The duo combined for 39 of SRU's 69 kills over the two matches. Chevalier registered 20 kills with Annis right behind at 19.
 
Defensively, Addison Jones collected eight blocks (one solo / seven assisted) through the two contests while Lauren VonderHaar compiled seven (one solo / six assisted). Spurred on by a career-high tally against Fairmont State, Kara Pasquale made 37 digs in her seven sets of competition.
 
In the first match of the day, Chevalier had nine kills against PBAU while Jaeden Yost served two aces and the duo of VonderHaar and Emry Rumbaugh had four blocks each.
 
Following their three-set loss against Palm Beach Atlantic, The Rock came out firing on all cylinders against Fairmont State with a convincing 25-16 victory in the first set. SRU posted an impressive .326 attack percentage in the opening set with VonderHaar and Annis each going for five kills early on.
 
However, Slippery Rock was unable to keep its momentum as the Falcons took the following three sets to close out the home victory.
 
After trailing by as many as six points on two occasions, SRU trimmed its deficit to just one point at 18-17 in the second set only for FSU to hold off the comeback bid by taking seven of the final nine points for a 25-19 win. The Falcons proceeded to post 25-11 and 25-22 set victories to end the night.
 
Annis led a trio of Rock athletes with double-digit kill totals against FSU after compiling a career-best 16 on an efficient .209 attack percentage to go with eight digs and one block.
 
VonderHaar also registered a personal-best kill total with 11 to go with three blocks. Chevalier rounded out the trio with an 11-kill, 12-dig, four-block double-double.
 
The combination of Annis, VonderHaar and Chevalier combined for a .234 attack percentage versus Fairmont State. Paityn Krause (20) and Yost (19) guided The Rock's offense with 39 total assists on SRU's 47 kills.  
 
The Rock's defense, which closed the FSU match with 10 total blocks, featured Jones at six rejections (one solo / five assisted) and Pasquale with 29 digs – her second 20+ dig match of the weekend.
 
Chevalier had her solid production over the weekend rewarded by being named to the Fairmont State Classic All-Tournament Team. In The Rock's four matches, Chevalier had 51 kills on a .195 attack percentage along with 41 digs and eight blocks. Chevalier was also named to the Fairmont State Classic All-Tournament Team in 2022.

Chevalier exits the opening weekend of her senior season now ranked 20th in program history for kills in a career with 696. She's three away from passing Katie Greco (2003-06) for 19th on The Rock's kills ledger.
 
Slippery Rock continues its non-conference schedule with four matches Sept. 12-13 at the Hall of Fame City Classic in historic Canton, Ohio.




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