Match Overview • After a long weekend, Millersville tries to rebound (11-11) as they host Elizabethtown College Tuesday. Elizabethtown enters the contest coming off a road win Saturday over Goucher.
• Millersville dropped three of four when in this weekend's PSAC Crossover in Johnstown, Pa. Millersville split the action on Friday, losing to Clarion before defeating IUP and were swept on Saturday by California (Pa.) and Seton Hill.
• Sophomore
Erin Harman leads the Marauders 229 on the season. Fellow sophomore Kelsi Ceriana is second in kills, tallying 146 kills in the absence of
Kayla Wallace and
Brittany Ford (injuries).
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Grace Dawson continues her impressive freshman campaign as she has set up her Marauder teammates 642 times.
• Senior
Brooklyn Smith broke Millersville's all-time digs mark of 1,944 which was held by Jennie Rohrbaugh in their first PSAC Crossover against Slippery Rock. The libero has 430 digs in 2015 and 2,162 in her Millersville career.
About the Series• The two reams have proven even, going 4-4 in their eight match ups. The Marauders edged out the Blue Jays in five closely-contested sets last year in Elizabethtown (25-13, 18-25, 19-25, 25-22, 16-14).
The Last Meeting (Millersville 3, Elizabethtown 2 (F) – Oct. 22, 2014
• The Marauders dominated the first set recording four of the last points at the net via kill. The next two sets were back and forth to start before Elizabethtown eventually put some distance between the two squads to take both. Millersville struggled down the stretch in both sets, committing key errors to help give the sets to the Blue Jays. In the fourth set, Millersville was in control 22-19 before Elizabethtown tied up the score at 22. The Marauders responded though, recording three consecutive kills and taking the set. The fifth and final set was extremely close as Millersville had to come from behind late to win. Trailing 14-13, the Marauders were able to take the next three points on a kill and two Blue Jays errors giving them the victory.
Erin Harman sent home 10 kills to go with 9 digs and
Brooklyn Smith had 35 digs in the 2014 meeting.
Scouting the Opponent• The Blue Jays of Elizabethtown swept Goucher in three straight sets on Saturday (25-22, 25-19, 25-22).
• The Blue Jays are led at the net by do-it-all freshman Mackenzie Garner who leads the team in kills (224), total attacks (557), solo blocks (8), block assists (10), and total blocks (56.0).
• Not to be forgotten, seniors Megan McNaul, Shannon Deck and Steph High are key contributors for Elizabethtown, leading the Blue Jays for service aces (28), digs (350), and assists (589) respectively.
