Women's Volleyball | 9/3/2018 5:50:00 PM

THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (1-3, 0-0 PSAC) vs Chestnut Hill (1-1, 0-0 CACC)
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Nelson Field House - Bloomsburg, Pa.
 
GAME COVERAGE
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STORYLINE
History will once again be made on Tuesday night as the Bloomsburg University women's volleyball team will host the first home match of the program's existence against Chestnut Hill College at the Nelson Field House. The Huskies went 1-3 in their opening weekend at the Walsh University Tournament while the Griffins enter with a 1-1 overall record.
 
FESTIVITIES
Admission is free to all Bloomsburg women's volleyball matches. The program's first home match is sponsored by Wagner's Trophies and there will be t-shirt giveaways, sponsored by Wagner's, and mini volleyball giveaways to commemorate the event. Following the match, the inaugural team will hold a meet-and-greet and will be sign autographs for those in attendance.
 
HISTORY
Back in March of 2017, Bloomsburg University announced that it was adding women's volleyball as a varsity sport and, three months later, the school hired Dan Kreiger to be the program's first varsity coach. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg, Kreiger spent five seasons – the last four as the head coach – at Lock Haven University from 2011-15. In his four seasons as the head coach at Lock Haven, Kreiger guided the Bald Eagles to an 88-49 overall record and a 55-30 mark against PSAC opponents. Under Kreiger, Lock Haven qualified for the PSAC Tournament in each of his four years at the helm and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2012. The program earned PSAC Eastern Division regular season titles in 2012 and 2014 and was the tournament runner-up in 2012.

The inaugural roster features 28 student-athletes broken up into 23 freshmen, two transfers, and three former members of the Bloomsburg club team. One of the transfers, redshirt senior outside hitter Sarah Gomish (Ebensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll Catholic), played three seasons at Lock Haven University - two under Kreiger's tutelage - and earned All-PSAC East Second Team honors as a true freshman and then was named to the All-PSAC East First Team during her sophomore season. Gomish totaled 867 kills and 757 digs in her three years with the Bald Eagles. The other transfer, sophomore defensive specialist Alyssa Cianciulli (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II), appeared in 29 matches as a true freshman at Division I LaSalle University and led the explorers with 37 service aces while finishing third on the team with 224 digs.

Sophomore outside hitter Kate Lindholm (Enola, Pa./Trinity), junior defensive specialist Riley McSorley (Swarthmore, Pa./Ridley), and senior middle blocker Jordann Seasock (Schuylkill Haven, Pa./Blue Mountain) played with the club team at Bloomsburg before joining the varsity roster. Seasock actually started her collegiate career at East Stroudsburg University and saw limited action with the Warriors as a true freshman.

Last month, the Huskies were picked to finish fourth in the PSAC Central Division and, on August 13, the team held its first official practice.
 
SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
The Huskies opened the program's history with a 1-3 record at the Walsh University Tournament this past weekend, earning their first victory against Virginia Union on Friday, August 31. The other three matches saw Bloomsburg lose in straight, but competitive, sets to Grand Valley State, Walsh, and Adelphi. Gomish and freshman Sydney Buell (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) were named to the All-Tournament Team. Over the course of the four matches, Gomish led the Huskies with 42 kills while finishing third with 31 digs. She hit a team-high .211 over the weekend. Buell, meanwhile, had 29 kills, five aces, 18 digs, and two block assists. Bloomsburg also had solid contributions, in particular, from Cianciulli and freshmen Emma Van Arsdale (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) and Mary Kate Mooney (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II). Cianciulli totaled 69 digs and is currently fifth in the PSAC in digs per set (5.31). Mooney posted 37 kills and 36 digs in the four matches while Van Arsdale led the way with 87 assists.
 
SCOUTING CHESTNUT HILL
The Griffins, members of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), went 1-1 in their opening two matches on Saturday, falling to American International before defeating Mercy College in straight sets. Corrine Kalala paced Chestnut Hill with 20 kills and 22 digs while Reilly Byxbee chipped in with 17 kills. Janie Green currently has a team-high 29 digs through two matches while Kennedy Sutton serves as the team's setter and leads with 61 assists. The Griffins went 9-22 last season.
 
UP NEXT
Bloomsburg will travel to California (Pa.) to compete in the two-day Vulcan Invitational on Friday, September 7, and Saturday, September 8. The Huskies are scheduled to compete against Southern New Hampshire and Notre Dame (Ohio) on Friday and then against Nebraska-Kearney and West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday.

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