CALIFORNIA, Pa. - Millersville women's volleyball was one point away from extending its winning streak to double-digits, but California (Pa.) rallied, scoring five of the last six points of the deciding fifth set to win Friday's PSAC opener, 25-20, 19-25, 21-25, 25-22, 17-15). 

Millersville's winning streak--the longest for the program since 1995--ended at nine, and the team dropped to 10-4 (0-1) with the loss. Cal U improved to 6-3 (1-0). 

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
•  Millersville led the match 2-1 after taking sets two and three. Cal U bounced back in the fourth by racing out to a 9-2 lead behind four early kills from Kaylin Burkey. The Marauders rallied back and took a lead at 19-18 with a Haley Butler kill, but Cal U scored the next four points, and Millersville could not get any closer than two before Cal U closed the set, 25-22. Cal U won the fourth despite Millersville hitting .213 with 13 kills to three errors. 
•  The fifth set was one of runs. Cal U jumped out to a 9-6 advantage, but Millersville countered with a 4-0 run of its own to take a lead. Cal U got a pair of kills from Sarah Moehring and a service aces to go back up, 12-10. Carley Baughman's kill started another 4-0 Marauder run. Chyna Gubbings' kill brought the Marauders to match point. An attack error, however, gave Cal U life, and Kiandria Cowart delivered two kills to give Cal U match point at 15-14. Moehring's attack error tied the set, but Moehring and Cowart recorded back-to-back kills to complete Vulcans' comeback. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•  Cal U held a 66-60 edge in kills and a .174 to .167 hitting percentage. 
•  Butler matched her career high with 17 kills--her highest total since her freshman season of 2016. Jayci Suseland also recorded 17 and Lindsey Blevins added 14 while completing a double-double with 17 digs.  
•  Katie Laughman totaled 47 assists. It was her fifth set with 40 or more assists this season. 
•  Emily Hoffman recorded a career-high 27 digs, and Kat Forry added 25. 

THOUGHTS FROM COACH BRIAN SMITH
• Thoughts on the match: "It was one of the sloppiest matches I've seen in a long time. We played flat and didn't perform. Our passing was not great. I don't think Cal played up to their abilities either. It was the PSAC opener so both teams were tight. The matches matter now. The stakes are higher. 
• On what happened in the fourth and fifth sets: "We didn't close. Some of our players were playing too safe, not playing aggressive with the serve. The last two points they hit balls that went off our block. We are disappointed. They aced us and that shouldn't happen. We had some blocking errors. We should never have that many serve receive errors. We shouldn't be in that position. We are a better team than that. We shouldn't be fighting for points at the end of the set. We have to be able to put teams away late."
• On learning from the loss: "It's a tough loss. At least in the PSAC, we pick up one point with a fifth-set loss. Look, I know we are a good team. Cal is a team made the NCAA's last year. But we know when we play well and when we don't. We felt like we didn't play to our potential. We are going to learn from this and go play one of the best teams in the PSAC tomorrow. It's a character check early in the season. It's really about the quality of performance more so than the wins and losses. Tonight, we know we didn't have a quality performance."  

NOTES
• Millersville's .167 hitting percentage was its lowest since the season opener. Millersville also recorded 60 kills for the third time this season. 
• Millersville's 113 digs were a season high. 
• Millersville drops to 5-18 all-time against Cal U. 

UP NEXT
• Millersville's road trip continues Saturday with a match against Seton Hill. The match starts at 1 p.m.