MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Millersville University volleyball team (9-17) improved to 4-2 at home with their four-set win against the Bloomsburg Huskies on Friday night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
25-23, 25-21, 25-14, 25-13

• Millersville jumped to an early 13-9 lead in set one. A five-point Marauder run would increase the lead to eight. Bloomsburg was able to force a tie at 20-20 and led 23-21 late in the set. A four-point marauder rally ended the set as Millersville took a 1-0 match lead.
• The second set was a similar story, as the teams kept things close, trading small rallies. 'Ville was able to hold onto their early 10-8 lead, as Bloomsburg kept it close but was unable to force a tie throughout the latter parts of the set.
• The third set was all Huskies, as Bloomsburg dominated the set from start to finish, leading by as many as 13 points.
• Millersville flipped the script in the fourth set with one of their most impressive runs of the season. The Marauders dominated the set, taking an 11-0 lead as Becca Dalstad recorded a pair of aces. Millersville never looked back from the early lead, cruising to a 25-13 win and securing the match victory.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Caitlyn Callahan led the Marauders with 14 kills.
• Callahan also led 'Ville in blocks with six. She currently sits second in the PSAC with 97 blocks.
• Lauren Lucas and Emily Hoffman each recorded seven kills. Lucas is second in the PSAC with 274 kills.
• Emma Ludwig added another 27 assists to her season total of 798, good for third in the conference.
• Hoffman (17) Ludwig (16) and Dalstad (12) were all in double figures in digs.
• The Marauders are now 3-6 in PSAC matches.

REACTION FROM HEAD COACH BRIAN SMITH
On winning the first two sets:
"We talked as a team about our performance our first match against Bloom, having lost in five sets with poor team performances in passing and hitting. We had a plan to execute better and reduce our errors against their big block and focus on winning the serve/pass portion of the match.
 
On the 11-0 run to open the fourth set:
"Going into set four we again stressed focusing on the basics and allowing Bloom to make more errors. Becca did a great job mixing up her serves to start set four and we also played well at the net to take the first 11 points.  We showed them different looks as well with our players, but in the end, we executed our plan and had great effort all around and it ended well. It was a good win for a young team."
 
UP NEXT
The Marauders are back in action on Saturday for a 1:00 match against Lock Haven.