Women's Volleyball | 10/1/2018 3:55:00 PM

THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (4-11, 0-6 PSAC Central) vs Lock Haven (6-9, 1-5 PSAC Central)
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Nelson Field House - Bloomsburg, Pa.
 
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STORYLINE
The Bloomsburg University women's volleyball team will play its first inter-divisional match of the season when it hosts Lock Haven University on Tuesday night. The Huskies are still searching for the program's first-ever conference victory as they have opened league play with six consecutive losses. The Bald Eagles have just one conference win on the season but it came at West Chester on Saturday as they handed the Golden Rams just their second loss of the year.
 
SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
Bloomsburg enters Tuesday night's contest with six consecutive losses to drop it to 4-11 overall and 0-6 in the PSAC Central. Last weekend, the Huskies lost in straight sets at West Chester on Friday and then in four sets at Millersville on Saturday. The Huskies come in ranked third in the PSAC in digs per set (19.00) and eighth in service aces per set (1.63). Bloomsburg, however, is 15th in the league in hitting percentage (.119) and is allowing opponents to hit .201 on the year - last in the conference. Sarah Gomish (Ebensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll Catholic) leads the team in kills with 186 and ranks second on the team in digs with 149. She is tied for third in the league in kills per set (3.88) and is fifth in the PSAC in points per set (4.06). She recorded the 1,000th kill of her collegiate career at California on September 15 and is 94 digs away from reaching the same milestone in that category. Mary Kate Mooney (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) ranks second on the team with 118 kills and third in digs with 123. Emma Van Arsdale (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) and Bryn Stek (Ambler, Pa./Upper Dublin) have split time as the team's setter recently. Van Arsdale leads with 378 assists and ranks third in the PSAC in service aces per set (0.52). Stek has led the Huskies in assists in each of the last three matches and has 81 on the season (4.26 per set). Defensively, Mia Nicholes (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) leads the team with 19 total blocks while Grace Giza (Plymouth, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) is also in double figures with 12. Alyssa Cianciulli (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) is tops on the squad with 335 digs. She averages 6.84 digs per set - second in the conference.
 
SCOUTING LOCK HAVEN
The Bald Eagles are 6-9 overall and 1-5 in the PSAC Central after picking up their first league win of the season at West Chester on Saturday. The Golden Rams were 15-1 entering that contest. Lock Haven leads the PSAC in digs per set (21.18) and ranks sixth in the league in blocks per set (1.78). Offensively, the Bald Eagles hit .169 on the season and rank ninth in kills per set (12.10). Lock Haven has four players over the century mark in kills - Breanna McDonald (135), Veronica Morrison (129), Gabrielle Stick (126), and Chloe Williams (105). McDonald also leads the team in hitting percentage at .300 - tenth in the league. Kristen Nealon lead with 514 assists which puts her sixth in the PSAC in assists per set (10.28). Defensively, Shaye Whiteman leads the conference in digs per set (7.64) and is second in total digs with 382. Williams is tops on the team with 42 total blocks, including a team-high 16 solo blocks.
 
UP NEXT
Bloomsburg will be back home on Friday night, October 5, and Saturday night, October 6, when it hosts Kutztown and East Stroudsburg, respectively. Start times, both nights, are scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

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