EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- The East Stroudsburg University women's volleyball team fell to Lock Haven in five sets Saturday afternoon. Set scores were 25-21, 19-25, 22-25, 25-19, and 7-15.
Kelly Crites and Jadyn Orava both recorded 19 kills. Rylee Ruggiero followed with 10 kills and five assisted blocks. Harry Berry set a new career high with four solo blocks while tying her career high with nine total blocks. Kyra Bishop recorded a season-high 48 assists, while Allison Flynn led the team with 20 digs. Orava and Georgia Stevens each recorded three service aces.
Set 1: The Warriors opened the first set with an early 5-1 lead before the Bald Eagles pulled within one at 6-5. A pair of blocks from Berry and Ruggiero helped ESU regain a four-point advantage at 13-9. A 4-1 run by Lock Haven cut the Warriors' lead to one at 14-13 before four kills from Crites extended the score to 18-15. The Bald Eagles took the lead after a 5-1 run, making it 20-19. ESU responded with a 5-0 run, highlighted by a block from Ruggiero and Berry, a Berry kill, and a service ace from Orava, to reach set point. Lock Haven added one final kill before Crites secured the first set for ESU, 25-21.
Set 2: Lock Haven opened the second set with a 4-0 run to take a 5-2 lead. ESU pulled within one point three times before a 3-0 run by the Bald Eagles gave them a 17-13 advantage. The Warriors responded with a 3-0 run of their own to close the gap to 18-17, highlighted by two kills and a service ace from Crites. A kill from Orava brought ESU within one at 20-19, but Lock Haven closed out the set with a 5-0 run, 25-19.
Set 3: The Warriors held an early 4-2 lead before the Bald Eagles used a 4-0 run to take a 6-4 advantage. ESU answered with a 10-1 run to move ahead 14-7. Lock Haven then responded with a 12-1 run to take a four-point lead at 19-15. A kill from Orava ended the Bald Eagles' run. The Warriors used a 5-1 run to pull within two at 24-22, but a final kill from Lock Haven gave the Bald Eagles the third set, 25-22.
Set 4: Kills from Crites and Kailynn Dupre helped ESU take an early 4-2 lead in the fourth set. The teams traded runs before a solo block from Berry put the Warriors ahead by five at 13-8. Ruggiero added back-to-back kills to extend ESU's lead to seven at 15-9. Kills from Orava and Berry pushed the score to 21-14 before Lock Haven put together a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to two at 21-19. The Warriors closed out the set with a 4-0 run, highlighted by a kill from Ruggiero, two kills from Crites, and a block from Ruggiero and Berry, forcing a fifth set.
Set 5: The fifth set opened with the Bald Eagles having a 4-2 lead. Kills from Ruggiero and Crites brought ESU within one at 4-3. The teams traded points before Lock Haven closed out the set with a 3-0 run, handing the Warriors a five-set defeat, 15-7.
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The Warriors return to action at Kutztown on Friday, October 30.
