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LORETTO, PA- Saint Francis wraps up their non-conference play with the annual Red Flash Classic as they welcome in Bucknell, Morehead State and Norfolk State to DeGol Arena for a four-team, six-match weekend.
                 
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
 
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
 
4:00PM Norfolk State (Away) vs Morehead State (Home)
 
630PM Bucknell (Away) vs Saint Francis (Home)
 
 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
 
9:30AM Norfolk State (Away) vs Saint Francis (Home)
 
11:30AM Morehead State (Away) vs Bucknell (Home
 
2:00PM Norfolk State (Away) vs Bucknell (Home)
 
4:00PM Morehead State (Away) vs Saint Francis (Home)
 
 
ABOUT THE RED FLASH
Saint Francis enters the weekend at 4-6 on the season, having gone 1-2 last weekend at the Youngstown State Invitational. Seniors Kelsey Roush (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) and Emily Marcinowski (Strongsville, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) paced the offense over the weekend, each having matches of over 20+ kills. Roush had 76 kills in four matches last weekend and leads the Northeast Conference at over four kills per set. Defensively, Jenna Veres (Independence, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) was named NEC Defensive Player of the Week after averaging over six digs per set. The senior ranks 14^th in the NCAA and leads the NEC at 5.66 digs per set.
 
ABOUT THE BISON
Bucknell comes into the match at 6-4 on the season and are picked to finish sixth in the Patriot League. They are also coming off a 1-2 weekend after sweeping Canisius, and falling to Eastern Washington and Charlotte. Sophie Bullard leads the team in kills with 97, an over three kill per set average. Bucknell has a solid blocking defense, leading the Patriot League and ranking 16^th in the nation at over 2.8 blocks per set, led by middle blocker Mimi Richards who averages over 1.5 blocks per set.
 
ABOUT MOREHEAD STATE
The Eagles bring a 6-4 record into the weekend after a 2-1 weekend where they topped South Carolina State and Troy before losing to Middle Tennessee. The Eagles were picked to finish seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference and are led by Lauren Rokey who averages nearly three kills per set. Defensively, the Red Flash will have to contend with Maddie Fella who leads the OVC in blocks at 1.5 per set, MSU is holding teams to a .164 hitting percentage so far this year.
 
ABOUT NORFOLK STATE
This will be the second look at the Spartans for Saint Francis, who knocked off NSU in three sets as part of the Crosstown Invite in Philadelphia. They were picked to ninth overall in the MEAC and fourth in the MEAC North Division. Norfolk comes into the weekend at 2-5 overall after defeating North Carolina Central last weekend and falling to Charleston Southern and Elon. Taylor Eichelberger with 53 kills and 2.2 kills per set leads the Spartan offense. She had 10 kills to lead Norfolk when they played SFU two weeks ago.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
All matches will have live stats made available throughout the weekend. Friday night's Bucknell match will also be streamed on NEC Front Row with Matt Popelka on the call. All links can be found at the top of the story and on the volleyball schedule page.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Red Flash open Northeast Conference play next Friday night as they welcome in-state rival Robert Morris to Loretto. First serve is set for 7 p.m. on Friday night.