Flash Points:
- Kelsey Roush (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) led the way with 12 kills.
- Amelia Metzler (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield) added three total blocks and 39 assists.
- Amanda Schiavo (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area (Bowling Green)) contributed with 20 digs.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Saint Francis women's volleyball team fell in four sets to LIU Brooklyn on Saturday. The Red Flash fell 22-25, 25-27, 25-22 and 19-25.
The Flash received a balanced offensive effort on Saturday from
Kelsey Roush (Johnstown, Pa./Richland),
Emily Marcinowski (Strongsville, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) and
Breanna Opera (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster ).
Amelia Metzler (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield) and
Cecilia Esposito (Coraopolis, Pa./Montour) added three total blocks while Metzler recorded 39 assists.
Amanda Schiavo (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area (Bowling Green)) led the defense with 20 digs.
It was LIU who took an early lead in the first, and the Red Flash would battle back to cut the deficit to 11-10. The Blackbirds started to pull away, but SFU used a 3-0 run to trail 17-15 and would force LIU to use their first timeout of the first set. SFU would remain to keep the set close but a Filippa Hannson kill gave LIU the first set, 25-22.
LIU would jump out to a 10-4 lead to start the second set. SFU would go on to outscore LIU, 8-4 midway through the set to trail 15-13. A kill by Roush and
Sophie Murdock (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion ) highlighted a 3-0 run to give SFU a 20-19 lead. Saint Francis scored three unanswered points and started to pull away at 22-19, but LIU responded with a 3-0 run of their own to tie the set at 22-22. Saint Francs took advantage of two LIU attack errors to take a 24-22 lead. With SFU on the cusp of winning the set, the Blackbirds clawed their way back to eventually take a 25-24 advantage. A
Christa White (Rochester, N.Y./Spencerport) kill would tie the set at 25-25. LIU closed out the set with two-straight points to win the second set, 27-25.
The third set was a back-and-fourth affair as the teams split the first 16 points. The turning point came at 16-16 when SFU ripped off three-straight points off three kills by three different players to take a 18-16 lead. The Flash would maintain their lead the rest of the way to take the set, 25-22.
It would be all Blackbirds in the fourth set, running out to leads of 10-2 and 15-5. Saint Francis would put together a string off five-straight points to pull within eight at 22-14. The Flash would continue to fight and would rattle off a 5-0 run to make the score 24-19, but an attack error by Saint Francis would gave the set and match to LIU, 25-19.
Saint Francis concludes the 2016 regular season on Sunday against St. Francis Brooklyn at 11 a.m.
