(courtesy of Robert Morris Sports Information)
St. Francis (NY) fell in three sets at Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon. The Terriers put up a valiant fight in the first two sets, falling 25-22 and 25-20, but the Colonials sailed to a 25-15 match-ending victory in the third set.
The Terriers fell to 3-20 (2-11 NEC) and the Colonials improved to 12-18 overall and 9-4 in league play.
Although winning set one 25-22, the Terriers put up a solid fight. A kill by freshman Amanda Craig gave RMU the first point of the set and the Colonials soon captured a 4-1 advantage. Robert Morris continued to lead, but St. Francis slowly chipped away at the Colonial lead until the score was deadlocked at 10-10. Two errors by the Colonials gave the Terriers their first lead of the game at 12-10 and a couple kills by SFNY's Anisa Lila gave them a 16-12 lead. Robert Morris quickly got back into the set with a two kills by Craig and several Terrier errors to tie the score 16-16. The squads battled back and forth, but RMU eventually came away with the win. Craig hit perfect in set one with five kills.
For the majority of the second set the score remained within one or two. Both teams played relatively even with the Colonials hitting a .256 hitting percentage to the Terriers .233 hitting percentage. However, RMU put up 21 digs to the Terriers 13 to give them an advantage and the 25-20 victory. The set ended with a kill by junior Amanda Graham.
Unlike the first and second set, the Colonials cruised past the Terriers in the third set winning by a score of 25-15. SFNY started the set on a 3-0 run, but RMU quickly recovered and brought the score to 14-10 in their favor off the serve of freshman Nicole Wiechecki. The Terriers were able to side-out with a kill by Detelina Dimitrova, but RMU got the ball right back with a put down by freshman Lindsey Monger. Junior libero Corinne Moserwent back to serve and went on a five-point run to give the Colonials a dominating 20-12 lead. The set ended with back-to-back service aces by Monger and an SFNY error.