Loretto, Pa. - For the second consecutive night the Saint Francis women's volleyball team (3-23, 3-11 NEC) won the opening set but the CCSU Blue Devils (12-13, 8-5) took the next three sets to win 25-22, 12-25, 13-25, 19-25.
Saint Francis, celebrating its lone senior in middle blocker
Cecilia Esposito (Coraopolis, Pa./Montour), came out hot. Sophomore
Keara McGraw (Austin, TX/James Bowie) was at the center of the action with eight kills in the first set alone.
The Red Flash led 19-11 before CCSU rattled off six straight points. The young Saint Francis team kept its poise with McGraw ending the run with a kill. The Blue Devils pulled within one at 22-21 but sophomore
Nicole Adams (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa East) followed with two kills and McGraw one to win the set 25-22.
CCSU took control of the match over the second and third sets with wins of 25-12 and 25-13.
The Red Flash were pesky in the fourth set, coming back from a 17-11 deficit to make it 19-17 on a McGraw kill. A kill from sophomore
Madi Tyus (Plano, TX/Bishop Lynch) made the score 22-19 before the Blue Devils won the next three.
Notes
- McGraw led Saint Francis with 14 kills for the match, her second highest output of the season.
- Adams registered a double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs as did Tyus with 10 kills and 17 digs.
- Freshman Jeanie Edgington (Olmstead Falls, Oh/Olmstead Falls) with three total blocks.
- Esposito added three kills, four digs and a block in her final game in DeGol Arena.
- SFU finishes the season with a 2-6 home record.
Up Next
The Red Flash will wrap up the season next weekend at LIU on Friday, Nov. 15, and Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday, Nov. 16.
