Women's Volleyball | 10/29/2018 2:00:00 PM

THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (5-20, 1-14 PSAC Central) at Lock Haven (9-15, 4-11 PSAC Central)
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Thomas Fieldhouse – Lock Haven, Pa.

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STORYLINE
The Bloomsburg University women's volleyball team will play the final road game of its inaugural season on Tuesday night when it heads to Lock Haven University for a PSAC Central Division matchup. The Huskies have been eliminated from postseason play while the Bald Eagles - not mathematically eliminated - are clinging to slim playoff hopes with three matches remaining in the regular season. The match will feature the top two players in the conference in digs - Bloomsburg's Alyssa Cianciulli (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) and Lock Haven's Shaye Whiteman.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Lock Haven defeated Bloomsburg, three sets to one (13-25, 22-25, 25-18, 17-25), in the first meeting between the two schools back on October 2. Freshman Grace Giza (Plymouth, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) and redshirt senior Sarah Gomish (Ebensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll Catholic) paced the Huskies with 11 kills apiece while Cianciulli posted a match-high 34 digs in the loss. Chloe Williams led Lock Haven with 14 kills while Whiteman had 29 digs.
 
SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
Bloomsburg enters Tuesday's contest with a 5-20 record overall and a 1-14 mark in the PSAC Central Division. The Huskies are on an eight-game losing skid after suffering setbacks to visiting Mercyhurst and Gannon over the weekend. The Huskies come in ranked third in the PSAC in digs per set (18.21) and tenth in service aces per set (1.45). Bloomsburg, however, is ranked at the bottom, or near the bottom, in every other statistical category including 15th in hitting percentage (.106) and 16th in opponents' hitting percentage (.212). Redshirt senior Sarah Gomish (Ebensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll Catholic) leads the team in kills with 284 and ranks second on the team in digs with 262. She is eighth in the conference in kills per set (3.42). She recorded the 1,000th kill of her collegiate career at California on September 15 and reached the same milestone in digs against Mercyhurst last Friday, October 26. She ranks 11th in the conference in points per set (3.61). Freshman Mary Kate Mooney (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) is second on the team with 174 kills and third in digs with 203. Fellow freshmen Grace Giza (Plymouth, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) and Mia Nicholes (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) also eclipsed the century mark in kills last weekend. Giza is third with 104 while leading the team in blocks with 43. Nicholes is fourth with 101 kills and is second in blocks with 42. Freshman Emma Van Arsdale (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) continues to lead the team in assists with 475 although freshman Bryn Stek (Ambler, Pa./Upper Dublin) is closing the gap as she has 240 after leading the Huskies in assists in 11 of the last 13 matches. Van Arsdale is also the team leader with 32 service aces which has her tied for fourth in the PSAC in aces per set (0.43). Sophomore Alyssa Cianciulli (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) is tops on the squad with 566 digs. She averages 6.74 digs per set - second in the conference and fourth in the country.
 
SCOUTING LOCK HAVEN
Lock Haven enters the contest with a 9-15 overall record and a 4-11 mark in the PSAC Central. The Bald Eagles earned a split over the weekend, losing to Gannon on Friday night before defeating Mercyhurst on Saturday afternoon. Lock Haven comes in ranked second in the PSAC in digs per set 20.53 but ranks at the bottom, or near the bottom, in almost every other statistical category. The Bald Eagles are 14th in hitting percentage (.156) while allowing opponents to hit .160 which is eighth in the league. Lock Haven has four players with at least 100 kills led by Breanna McDonald's 227. Gabrielle Stick (223), Veronica Morrison (205), and Chloe Williams (169) are also in triple digits. Kristen Nealon leads the team with 823 assists and is ranked eighth in the PSAC in assists per set (9.68). At the net, Williams leads the team with 69 blocks while McDonald is second with 49. Whiteman leads the PSAC in digs per set (6.92) and has totaled 588 digs on the year.

UP NEXT
Bloomsburg will host Pitt-Johnstown on Friday night, November 2, at Shippenbsurg on Saturday afternoon, November 3, at the Nelson Field House. Start times are scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., respectively, and will conclude the inaugural season for the Huskies. Bloomsburg will honor a pair of seniors - Sarah Gomish (Ebensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll Catholic) and Jordann Seasock (Schuylkill Haven, Pa./Blue Mountain) - on Friday night prior to the start of the match.

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