ERIE, Pa. - Junior Alyssa Cianciulli (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) recorded the 1,000th dig of her Bloomsburg University volleyball career on Saturday afternoon but the Huskies fell in straight sets at perennial power Gannon University in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) contest. After a 25-7 loss in the opening set, Bloomsburg showed plenty of resiliency in sets two and three before ultimately falling 25-20 and 25-21, respectively. The Huskies dropped to 5-10 overall and 0-3 in conference action while the Golden Knights improved to 9-4 overall and 2-0 in league play.

Cianciulli finished the afternoon with 16 digs to give her 1,008 in less than two years in a Bloomsburg uniform. She has reached double figures in all 43 matches during the program's abbreviated history and she leads the PSAC in digs per set (6.58) this season. Combined with her statistics during her freshman season at Division I La Salle University, Cianciulli has totaled 1,232 digs in her collegiate career.

Sophomore Mary Kate Mooney (Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II) led the Huskies with nine kills on Saturday while redshirt sophomore Olivia Pagano (Galeton, Pa./Galeton Area) and sophomores Sydney Buell (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) and Grace Giza (Plymouth, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) finished with four kills apiece. Sophomore Bryn Stek (Ambler, Pa./Upper Dublin) finished the day with a team-high 10 assists.

Gannon hit .326 on the afternoon and committed only nine hitting errors in the three sets. Ally Smith led the Golden Knights with nine kills while Ashley Beyers had 25 assists. The Huskies, meanwhile, hit just .011 on the day but improved drastically during the final two sets.

Bloomsburg will finally make its home debut next Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, with a pair of conference matches at the Nelson Field House. The Huskies will entertain Clarion University on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. and then will host Slippery Rock University on Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. during Parents' and Family Weekend.