Royals Rebound From Two Losses Friday With Pair of Wins Today At Carnegie Mellon Invitational
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| Julia Crilly | Jenell McFadden | Juli Woods |
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PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The University of Scranton rebounded from
a pair of losses Friday evening to post wins over Penn
State-Behrend, 3-2, and Bridgewater (Va.), 3-1, today at the
Carnegie Mellon Invitational.
The Royals, now 7-8, opened tournament play Friday evening with a
3-0 loss to Defiance College (Ohio). Freshman outside hitter
Julia Crilly (Rochester, NY/Aquinas
Institute) led Scranton with seven kills and 12 digs,
junior libero Marissa Every (East Norriton, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph
Academy) finished with 15 digs, and junior setter
Juli Woods (Wallingford, Pa./Strath
Haven) had six assists and five total blocks.
In a 3-1 loss to Carnegie Mellon late Friday, Crilly had 14 kills
and 30 digs and junior outside hitter Jenell McFadden (Springfield, Pa./Merion Mercy
Academy) recorded 14 kills and 10 digs.
Today, McFadden and Crilly posted ‘double-doubles’ in
kills and digs to lead the way. McFadden and Crilly combined
for 27 kills and 28 digs in the win over Penn State-Behrend and
then combined for 23 kills and 28 digs against Bridgewater.
Every came through against Penn State-Behrend with 30 digs and
Woods contributed 24 assists.
Every closed out the tournament with a 19-dig effort against
Bridgewater and junior setter Emily Keim (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty)
finished with 26 assists.
The Royals will return to action next Saturday, October 1, against
Moravian College in the first of two round-robin competitions at
Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, beginning at 3:30
p.m. On Sunday, Scranton meets four-time defending champion
Juniata at 10:00 a.m. and the Merchant Marine Academy at 12:30
p.m.
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