By: By: Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
Box Score
The Shippensburg University women's volleyball team dispatched the Cheyney Wolves in straight sets on Friday night from Cope Hall to improve its season record to 25-10 with one match left in the regular season. Set scores were 25-12, 25-5 and 25-15.
Freshman
Lauren Hess led the Raiders with eight kills and also provided two solo blocks and four block assists. SU had 10 blocks against the Wolves, with freshman
Faith Athey contributing three solo blocks and four block assists along with two kills.
Junior
Samantha Edwards and senior
Erin Flick each provided six kills, with Edwards hitting .545 without an error and Flick swinging to a .417 percentage.
Freshmen
Cristen Harris and
Jessica Waldeck each served up three of SU's 12 aces on Friday. Harris had six kills and 13 digs while Waldeck added five kills and 11 digs.
Defensively, freshman
Laura Plank led all players with 15 digs. Freshman
Natasha Gibble chipped in with a team-high nine assists and also had eight digs.
Shippensburg wraps up its 2012 regular season at 1 p.m. tomorrow from West Chester with a matchup against the Golden Rams.
Saturday's match is now a preview of Tuesday's PSAC quarterfinal, when the No. 2-seeded Raiders will host the Golden Rams at 7 p.m. from Heiges Field House. West Chester clinched the No. 3 seed Friday night with a five-set win over Millersville, leaving the Marauders with the East's No. 4 seed.