ERIE, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University volleyball team lost to Gannon University on the road in three sets (25-17, 25-18, 25-13) Saturday in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition from Erie, Pennsylvania.
Saturday's loss pushes The Rock's record to 7-17 overall and 1-11 in the PSAC West. The host Golden Knights improv to 20-4 overall and 10-2 in league matches.
SRU's attack was a balanced effort Saturday. The quartet of
Ellie Friedrichs,
Hayden Deming,
Ava Haynes and
Victoria Nalbach all had five kills, with
Marley Annis adding four kills as well.
The Rock's setter duo of
Emily Loeffler (14) and
Paityn Krause (11) combined for 25 assists. Annis also served two aces, while Loeffler, Haynes, Nalbach and
Leah Schreckengost served one ace apiece.
Defensively,
Kara Pasquale made 10 digs and Friedrichs came up with seven.
For the match, Gannon held advantages over SRU in kills (39-29), attack percentage (.381 / .120), aces (11-6), digs (37-30) and total blocks (6-2). Carissa Treser compiled a team-high 10 kills for Gannon, Abbey Williams served four aces and Brooke Gwiazda tallied five block assists for the Golden Knights.
Slippery Rock next concludes its regular season schedule with home matches 6 p.m. Nov. 6 against California (Pa.) and 2 p.m. Nov. 7 versus Seton Hill University.
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