Lady Raiders End Skid With Rout of Cheyney

Sept. 27, 2006

CHEYNEY, Pa. - The Shippensburg University volleyball team halted its eight-match losing streak and earned its first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division victory of the season by routing Cheyney 3-0 on the road Tuesday evening.

The Lady Raiders, playing without key players in senior Missy Pierce (Valparaiso, Ind/West Aurora (Ill.)) and sophomores Kelsi Hoffman (York/West York) and Maureen DuVall (Poolesville, Md./Poolesville), still managed to roll past Cheyney 30-2, 30-11, 30-7.

With the victory, Shippensburg improves to 10-9 overall and 1-3 in the PSAC East. Cheyney, meanwhile, remains winless on the season at 0-5 overall and 0-3 in the PSAC East.

Freshman Kali Antolik (Johnstown/Westmont Hilltop) tied a Shippensburg single match record with 12 service aces. In 22 service attempts, she did not commit an error. Fellow freshman Renee Parseghian (Johnstown/Westmont Hilltop) recorded a career-high 11 service aces to go along with her career-high 34 assists.

Shippensburg received at least two kills from eight different players. Sophomore Brooke Neider (Reading/Exeter) tallied a career-high 10 kills and freshman Hilary Addleman (Chambersburg/Chambersburg) posted eight kills, three service aces and a team-best three digs.

The Lady Raiders host the Shippensburg Invitational this weekend at Heiges Field House. Action for the Lady Raiders starts on Friday at 12 p.m. against Ohio Valley.

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