Lady Raider Volleyball Drops First Match at PSAC Crossover

Sept. 22, 2006

INDIANA, Pa. - The Shippensburg University volleyball team found itself looking for offense as it dropped its sixth straight match, falling to Slippery Rock 3-0 Friday evening at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Crossover at Indiana (Pa.).

Slippery Rock (13-3, 2-1 PSAC West) cruised through the first two games 30-23 and 30-15. Ship battled back in the third, but fell just short, 30-27.

Since Shippensburg's (9-7, 0-3 PSAC East) skid began on Sept. 9, only once has a Lady Raider recorded more than 11 kills in a match. That came in a 3-2 loss to Adelphi on Sept. 9. Also in that time, Shippensburg has fallen by a 3-0 score four times.

On Friday, senior Missy Pierce (Valparaiso, Ind./West Aurora (Ill.)) tallied a team-best 10 kills and freshman Colleen Toomey (Reading/Muhlenberg) recorded seven kills.

Sophomore Kelsi Hoffman (York/West York) added 11 digs and sophomore Brooke Neider (Reading/Exeter) made eight digs.

Freshman Missy Ramp (York/Central York) managed 16 assists while sophomore Maureen DuVall (Poolesville, Md./Poolesville) picked up 13.

The Lady Raiders look to put a stop to the skid on Saturday with matches against Indiana (Pa.) and California (Pa.) of the PSAC West. Ship‚s first match begins at 1 p.m.

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