Marauders take down Bulldogs in four sets

Tuesday, October 29

Millersville, PA

7:00 PM

Millersville University

12-11,4-4PSAC

Bowie State

6-17,4-7CIAA

Bowie St.

Millersville

Marauders take down Bulldogs in four sets

10/29/2024 9:58:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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By: Wes Champlin, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Millersville Marauders hosted the Bowie State Bulldogs in the team's final non-PSAC match of the season Tuesday night in Pucillo Gymnasium. The Marauders kept their all-time win streak against the Bulldogs alive with a 3-1 victory.

Marauders head coach Brian Smith went with a different starting lineup in their final non-conference game of the season, as only Madison Von Neida and Kylee Schurig were previously in the rotation. Bowie State took an early 3-2 lead in the first set, but the Marauders battled back by scoring five straight points. It was a back and forth game from then on out, but the hosts found themselves trailing by multiple points through the middlegame. Two consecutive Sam White kills cut what was a five-point deficit to three at 17-14, and they tied it up a couple points later at 18-18. The Bulldogs would go on to win the set 25-22.

Smith brought in the regulars for the rest of the match at the beginning of the second set, and it was a rout from then on out. Millersville went on an 8-0 run to begin the set, finished off by consecutive service aces from Emma Kerwin. That just about decided the set and Millersville won 25-11. The final two sets were much of the same, with the Marauders drubbing the Bulldogs by scores of 25-12 and 25-9 en route to the 3-1 victory.

POSTGAME REACTION FROM BRIAN SMITH:

His takeaways heading into a big conference weekend: "I kind of got out of this game kind of what I wanted to. We had talked about before, we knew that if we didn't win the first game, we were going to go back to it because we needed to have a good game. I was really pleased with the way that some of the starters who didn't play got in there and started playing really well right away."

GAME NOTES

Millersville keeps its perfect all-time record against Bowie State with the victory, improving to 7-0. The loss in the match's initial set was the first set the Bulldogs have ever won against the Marauders.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Emma Ludwig missed her first set of the season in set one, her first missed set since Nov. 1 of last season against Jefferson. She's played in 408 of a possible 412 sets in her career and has been on the court for every conference set that Millersville volleyball has played since the beginning of 2021.
The Marauders totaled 16 service aces, their second most in a match this season. Schurig led the team with six aces, which is the second most in a match for the rookie this year as well. Both high-water marks occurred in the team's first match of the season against Wilmington on Sept. 6; Millersville had 22 aces with Schurig contributing eight to that total.