EAST STROUDSBURG –  The East Stroudsburg University women's volleyball team recorded its sixth-straight sweep on Friday night as the Warriors defeated Bloomsburg 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-16) at Koehler Fieldhouse in a PSAC Central matchup.
 
ESU (20-4, 10-1) matched its win total from the 2018 season with eight matches still left to play in the regular season and notched its first consecutive 20-win season since 1996-97. The Warriors also hit double-digit conference wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time as a member of the PSAC.
 
The Warriors were paced in the match by senior Sarah Smith and her nine kills. Smith added 11 digs to go along with three total blocks. Senior Sam Dunphy added eight kills for ESU to go along with 11 digs and one service ace. Sophomore Caylinn Davis tallied eight kills in the match, while freshman Rachel Cain tallied a match-high 23 assists.
 
ESU would lead from start to finish in the match as the Huskies would knot the score just twice in the first set against the Warriors. Freshman Jessica Irwin delivered a service ace for the Warriors in the first set that capped a 6-0 rally and gave her team a 12-4 advantage.
 
Bloomsburg answered with a 4-0 run of its own to trim the deficit to 12-8 before a 3-0 rally from the Warriors pushed the lead back to 15-8. Leading 20-17 in the set, the Warriors would get the serve back following an error by the Huskies and increase the advantage to 24-17. The set would end on a service error by the Huskies as ESU recorded the 25-19 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
 
The Warriors tallied seven of the first eight points in the second set as a block by Davis and redshirt junior Trea-sure Ketter increased the ESU lead to 7-1. The lead would stretch to 10-2 following a kill from Davis off an assist from sophomore Emily Meredith and later 13-3 after an ace from Dunphy.
 
A block from Ketter and Cain followed by a kill from Smith gave the Warriors a 19-6 lead in the set and capped a 4-0 rally. Davis secured the 25-14 victory in the set for the Warriors with a kill as ESU would take a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
A 6-0 run to start the third set by ESU gave the Warriors full momentum in the set as Smith and Ketter recorded back-to-back blocks to cap the rally. Leading 8-3, the Warriors used a 5-0 rally to increase the advantage to 13-3 as Davis and Smith notched consecutive kills in the run for ESU.
 
The Warriors stretched the lead to nine later in the set as an attack error by Bloomsburg made it 18-9 in favor of ESU. A block from senior Jasmine Williams and Dunphy would give the Warriors a 23-15 lead, while an ace from Smith followed to make it 24-15. A kill from Dunphy would secure the 25-16 victory in the set and a 3-0 sweep in the match for the Warriors.
 
ESU closes its six-match homestand on Saturday afternoon with a PSAC Central contest against Lock Haven starting at 1 p.m. inside Koehler Fieldhouse.