WEST CHESTER, Pa. – After winning the first set against West Chester, the Marauders (4-11) dropped three straight sets against the Rams to drop their Friday night match.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
(25-20 W, 25-15, 28-26, 25-15)

• Ville would jump out ahead in set one, picking up the lone Marauder win of the match. The Marauders took an early 11-4 lead and never looked back. Millersville only committed six errors in the set, which would be the fewest of the match.
• The second set started off evenly paced, with the Rams taking an 10-8 advantage early on. West Chester would go on several small runs, increasing the gap and keeping Ville at bay.
• The third set was the closest set of the match from start to finish. The two teams were tied at nine different points during the set. Ville was able to battle back after five points run by West Chester in the middle of the set, tying the match at 22-22. In a high intensity back and forth ending, the Rams would jump ahead for good after the match went into overtime.
• In the fourth set, Ville led early until the Rams forced a 6-6 tie. After taking a 7-6 lead West Chester never gave the Marauders a chance to tie, sending Ville home with their fourth straight loss.

 
 INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Lauren Lucas led Ville with 22 kills as she was the only Marauder in double figures.
• Caitlyn Callahan recorded a season high six aces. Her six aces are the second most by a Marauder this season, trailing only Laruen Lucas who had eight on Sept. 4.
• Ville led the match in aces with nine as a team.
• Callahan also led Ville in blocks with five. She currently leads the team with 47 blocks on the season.
• Emma Ludwig added another 40 assists.
• Becca Dalstad recorded 20 digs, adding to her team high 185 on the season.

Quotes from Head Coach Brian Smith
"We started out playing well in set one. With a young team confidence is very critical and after dropping a few points we built up a comfortable lead and finished the set. Set two we struggled early with our passes and our pin hitters tried too hard to make up for it and we again had to many unforced hitting errors. Lucas was on fire in sets two and three and we closed a gap in that set but in the end, we had two more unforced hitting errors which was the difference in a closely contested set. The wheels came off in the 4th set and we committed more errors then kills. We also got to focused on our own issues and did not execute our on net defense plan and we let their two middles have a great match."

UP NEXT
• Ville has a quick turnaround as the Marauders return to Pucillo Gymnasium Saturday afternoon at 1:00 to take on the University of the Sciences.