CALIFORNIA, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University women's volleyball team dropped a pair of games as it wrapped up the first weekend of play at the Vulcan Invitational.

The Huskies dropped a tight five-set match (23-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-18, 12-15) to begin the day against West Virginia Wesleyan before falling to host California (Pa.) (25-14, 18-25, 12-25, 26-24, 11-15) in the third five-set contest of the weekend for Bloomsburg.

Against West Virginia Wesleyan, freshmen Emma Antigua (Kimball, Minn./Kimball) and Elise Adelman (Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial) paced the Huskies' offense. Both players finished the game with double-doubles, Antigua finishing with 22 kills (.380) and 12 digs, while Adelman orchestrated the attack with a career-best 49 assists and 10 digs.

Four Huskies finished with double-digit digs against the Vulcans, including freshman Hannah Swank (Boswell, Pa./Conemaugh Township) and sophomore Tayla Miller (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte), who led all players with a career-high 22. Liz Bopp (Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria) had a team-high with four blocks, with Emily Jackson (Rockaway, N.J./Morris Hills) and Marlee Johnson (Newville, Pa./Big Spring) each finishing match one with three. Johnson concluded the opening action of the day with a career-high 13 kills against the Bobcats.

Against the Vulcans, Antigua led the Huskies' offense, finishing with a team-high and new season-best 23 kills (.255) in match two. In the match, Bloomsburg totaled 13 service aces, Adelman wrapping up the contest with five, Allison Saalfrank (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) finishing with four to go with a career-best 15 digs and Jenna Dubosky (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley) totaling three. Graduate student Shayna Warfel (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor) provided a spark off the bench, registering eight kills and five digs in two sets played.

Antigua was named to the all-tournament team after finishing the weekend with a combined 62 kills for a .296 hitting percentage while adding 26 digs, three blocks, two aces and two assists to her totals.

The three five-set matches are the most played consecutively by the Huskies in program history.

On The Horizon:
The Bloomsburg University volleyball team will head back out on the road to begin play at the Findlay Classic on Thursday, September 7, at 7:00 p.m. against host University of Findlay.