Gannon University Athletics

THE RUNDOWN
Score: Gannon 3, at Slippery Rock 2
Set Scores: (22-25, 25-17, 19-25, 25-21, 15-11)
Records: Gannon (14-4, 7-2 PSAC) | Slippery Rock (8-14, 1-8 PSAC)
Location: Slippery Rock, Pa.
The Short Story: The Gannon women's volleyball team defeated Slippery Rock in a five set match Saturday afternoon in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in Slippery Rock, Pa.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Score: Gannon 3, Slippery Rock 2 | (22-25, 25-17, 19-25, 15-11)
Records: Gannon (14-4, 7-2 PSAC) | Slippery Rock (8-14, 1-8 PSAC)

THE BASICS
 

• Slippery Rock opened the match with a 25-22 victory, which saw nine ties and four lead changes.
• Gannon took a 4-2 lead in the first set, before the Rock responded with five consecutive points taking an 11-8 lead.
• The Lady Knights responded with a 4-0 run of their own, in which senior Morgan Walters (Girard, Ohio/Girard) recorded a service ace and saw back-to-back kills from junior Hannah Kren (Waukesha, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) to tie the set at 15 all.
• Slippery Rock closed the set out going on a 5-2 run and getting 25-22 victory.
• The Lady Knights responded in the second set opening it with a 6-1 lead.
• The Rock pulled within two of Gannon, 8-6, but that would be as close as they would get to Gannon as the Lady Knights closed out the set 25-17.
• Trailing Slippery Rock 5-2 in the third set, Gannon called a timeout and come back from the break going on an 8-1 run taking the lead from the Rock 10-6.
• The Rock tallied eight consecutive points to lead 23-17 as both teams would exchange points in the finale four points, and Slippery Rock went on for the 25-19 set victory.
• In a back and forth fourth set, that saw eight ties and two lead changes, Gannon would take a 12-10 lead and maintained control despite small runs made by Slippery Rock.
• Gannon closed the fourth set with a kill by senior Lynne Hibbard (West Barnstable, Mass./Barnstable) and Kren to force the fifth set.
• Trailing 4-2 in the fifth set, Gannon would record six consecutive points taking an 8-4 lead and would hold on for the 15-11 set and overall match victory.
• Kren recorded a team and season-high 29 kills and 31.5 points.
• Walters also recorded a season-high 54 assists.

 
QUOTABLES BY COACH DARLING
"It's great to get a win today, especially since Slippery Rock was playing well while we were working hard to figure out how to score against them.  The solution,as it turned out, was to use Hannah andJordyn, who both came up big for us today."
 
UP NEXT
The Lady Knights return to action on Friday, October 16 when they travel to East Stroudsburg for the PSAC East-West Crossover. Gannon faces West Chester at 2 p.m. followed by host East Stroudsburg at 7:30 p.m.