WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>> Saint Francis University women's volleyball dropped two matches on Saturday. First, in a 3-1 loss to Bellarmine and then in a five-set thriller to Bucknell.
 
>> Madi Tyus (Plano, Texas/Bishop Lynch) led the squad in kills with 28 on the day. Aubrey Deptula (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton Community) led the Red Flash at the net with eight blocks on the day for the Boca Raton, Fla., native.
 
>> Emma Fenton (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe) landed on top for the Red Flash in assists and digs with 40 and 29, respectively on the day. Outside Hitter, Maggie Hogan (Northern Cambria, Pa./Northern Cambria) collected five serving aces on the day for the Red Flash.
 
TURNING POINT GAME 1 VS BELLARMINE
With the score 2-1 in favor of the Knights, the fourth set would end up being the most important set. A kill from Hogan put the Red Flash on top first in the fourth set. However, once Bellarmine took control, the Knights were able to maintain the lead for the remainder of the fourth set. This allowed the Knights to claim the fourth and final set with a score of 25-20 for the visiting team to secure the 3-1 victory.
 
FLASH MOMENTS GAME 1 VS BELLARMINE
The third set started off back-and-forth, but a kill from Deptula, followed by an attack error from the Knights, put the Red Flash on top with a score of 6-5 to never again allow Bellarmine to lead in the third set. A 4-0 run that featured kills from Tyus, Kori McClure (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North) and Hogan sealed the third set for the Red Flash, 25-15 for the squad's biggest lead of the match.
 
FLASH NUGGETS GAME 1 VS BELLARMINE
The Knights had control for the majority of the first set, but a 5-2 run thanks to kills from McClure and Tyus, put the Red Flash back in the running. However, Bellarmine was able to come away with the first set, 25-21.
 
The second set was primarily controlled by the Knights with the Bellarmine squad never allowing the Red Flash to take the lead and to go on to secure the second set, 25-14.
 
TURNING POINT GAME 2 VS BUCKNELL
With sets one through four being back-and-forth battles between the Red Flash and Bison, that made the fifth set no different. The Red Flash maintained the lead throughout the beginning of the fifth set, but the Bison came back to tie it up at 12-12. This last push for Bucknell allowed the visiting team to claim the fifth and final set, 15-12.
 
FLASH MOMENTS GAME 2 VS BUCKNELL
After going back and forth at the beginning of the first set, the Red Flash put up a 4-0 run with kills from Tyus and Drew Wallech (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) coming off the hands of Fenton to give the Saint Francis volleyball squad the lead with a score of 17-13. The Red Flash held the Bison from taking the lead until the end of the first set to require the set to be extended past 25. A 3-0 run from the Red Flash secured the first set for the squad, 25-27.  
 
The Third set went back-and-forth between both programs throughout. With the Red Flash down by three at a score of 18-15, the team came away with a 4-1 run to tie the game at 19-19 and turn the remainder of the set into a battle. With the third set tied, 25-25 a kill from Tyus followed by an attack error secured the third set for the Red Flash with a score of 27-25.  
 
FLASH NUGGETS GAME 2 VS BUCKNELL
The Red Flash got on the board first in the second set. However, the Bison gained the lead over Saint Francis and were able to maintain it throughout the remainder of the second set for the Bucknell squad to clinch the second set, 25-17 to tie the game 1-1.
 
The Red Flash scored the first point of the fourth set. However, that was the only lead for the Red Flash in the fourth set for the Bison to control the fourth set, 25-19.
 
UP NEXT
The Red Flash will now turn its attention to the Hampton Inn Invitational in Indianapolis, Ind., on Friday and Saturday September 2-3 to take on IUPUI, Montana and Drake over the two-day tournament.