Volleyball splits double header to open season

Friday, September 3

West Chester, PA

2:00 PM

Millersville University

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Jefferson

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Millersville

Jefferson

Volleyball splits double header to open season

9/3/2021 10:26:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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By: By: Andrew Pawling, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The Millersville University volleyball team split their double header on Friday as the Marauder's picked up a win in their second match of the season. The win against Mercyhurst was the first Millersville win since Dec. 5 of 2019 against Shippensburg University, 638 days ago.

HOW IT HAPPENED
In Game One (Jefferson 3 – Millersville 2)

Millersville got off to a hot start, winning the first two sets against Jefferson University. Both sets went to overtime as Ville picked up 27-25 and 28-26 wins. The Rams would take the next three sets, winning the decisive fifth set by a final of 15-10.
With the loss Millersville fell to 8-6 against Jefferson since the start of the 2008 season.
"Our whole team did a very nice job passing which allowed our setter to settle into some sort of rhythm," head coach Brian Smith said.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Ville led in aces by a 12-9 advantage.
Lauren Lucas led Ville with 19 kills.
Emma Lugwig tallied a team high 40 assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
In Game Two (Millersville 3 – Mercyhurst 1)

Mercyhurst won the first set 25-19, before Ville flipped the script, winning the following three sets to secure their first win of the season.
"What stood out to me was Madison Von Neida passing above a 2.5 and Emma running our offense," Smith added.
With the win, Millersville improved to 3-10 all time against Mercyhurst.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Ville outscored Mercyhurst 76-53 over the final three sets.
The Marauders led in digs with 50 and kills with 40 over the course of the four sets.
Rebecca Dalstad led all players with 21 digs while teammate Emma Ludwig led in assists with 32.

Additional Quotes from Coach Smith

"We needed our young team to just continue to get a feel for each other at real game speed."
"We talked prior to the weekend that it's a tough turnaround when you have four matches in two days. We saw a difference in our second match, I felt we had more left in our tank for our second match and our pace of play really started to take its toll on our opponent."

UP NEXT

The Marauders are back in action Saturday morning with another double header, starting at 10:00 a.m. against Goldey-Beacom. Ville wraps up the Ram Fest Tournament at 2:00 p.m. against Franklin Pierce.