FLASH POINTS

• Kesley Roush had 25 kills while Emily Marcinowski (Strongsville, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) added 23
• Jenna Veres (Independence, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) had 36 digs, Marcinowski added 17 
• Roush, Marcinowski and Lambert all had double-doubles

YOUNGSTOWN, PA- For the second-straight match, Saint Francis went the full five sets, and history repeated itself with SFU falling 15-12 in the fifth to drop to 3-5 on the season
 
Turning Point:
Youngstown state withstood a furious SFU rally in the fifth set to score the final two points of the set, and the match.
 
Match Highlights

• FIRST SET
• SFU controlled the first set early, forcing a YSU timeout at 10-4 Red Flash
• The Red Flash would lead by as many as seven in the first set
• YSU rallied to 17-15 but a pair of Alexis Lambert (McKinney, Tx./McKinney-Boyd) kills quieted the rally and Kelsey Roush (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) finished the set with a pair of kills at 25-22 SFU
• SECOND SET
• The Penguins took six of the first seven points in the second set to force a SFU timeout
• Saint Francis would rally to within three on a pair of occasions but the Penguins had the offensive momentum, hitting .385 in the set to take it 25-15
• THIRD SET
• Both team had runs in the third set early with SFU leading 5-2 early and YSU rallying to tie the set at seven
• With the set tied at 18, Kelsey Roush (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) hit an ace, part of a five-point run that helped SFU put the set away
• Emily Marcinowski (Strongsville, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) had a pair of kills and Roush finished the set at 25-21 with her 16^th kill of the match
• FOURTH SET
• YSU broke open a tight start to the fourth set with six-straight points to lead 14-8
• SFU would get to within three in the fourth, but no closer
• FIFTH SET
• In the fifth set, YSU would go up 4-1 early, forcing a SFU timeout
• SFU would rally back, scoring the next two points to make it 4-3, but the Penguins would stretch the lead back out to five at 10-5, forcing SFU to use its final timeout
• The Flash rallied back to 12-11, forcing YSU to use both timeouts during the run, four kills by Roush paced the run
• The teams traded points to 13-12 before YSU closed out the match with the final two points

 
RECORD SETTING MATCH

• Kelsey Roush (Johnstown, Pa./Richland)'s 25 kills are the most in a match for SFU since Nichole Hyer had 25 against Robert Morris on October 25, 2004.
• Jenna Veres (Independence, Ohio/Padua Franciscan)' 36 digs are the most in a match since…Tuesday when Veres had a school-record 41, the senior now owns the top two marks for digs in a match and four of the top five

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Red Flash are back at it in Youngstown on Saturday when they take on Fort Wayne at one and Akron at four. Live stats are available for both matches, links can be found on the volleyball schedule page.