Women's Volleyball
2007 Match Recaps
 

last updated 10/22/2007 11:31 AM

Oct. 19-20, 2007

Oct. 20

 KU DROPS 2 MATCHES AT PSAC CROSSOVER SATURDAY
Kinney sets career assists record vs. Edinboro

Match 1: Clarion 3, Kutztown 0 (30-24, 30-23, 30-28)
Match 2: Edinboro 3, Kutztown 2 (28-30, 30-26, 30-25, 28-30, 15-10)

CLARION, Pa. — The Kutztown University women’s volleyball team dropped two straight matches Saturday in the final day of the PSAC Crossover at Clarion, falling to Clarion and Edinboro.

In the Edinboro match, Kutztown's junior setter Austin Kinney (jr. Landisville/Hempfield) set the program's career record for assists, finishing the day with 3,188 in her career.

KU started out the day falling 3-0 to Clarion before taking the No. 2 team in the region, Edinboro to a fifth game.

Clarion won 30-24, 30-23 and 30-28 to sweep the Golden Bears.

Lindsay Confer (fr. Wingate/Bald Eagle Area) had 18 kills and nine digs in the match, while Nicole Biuso (sr. Centereach, N.Y./Ward Melville) had 30 digs.

Kinney  recorded 43 assists and 12 digs and Kelsey Nester (fr. Catasauqua/ Catasauqua) had nine kills and four blocks.

Against Edinboro, KU took the first game 30-28, before dropping two straight games of 30-26 and 30-25. The Golden Bears forced a fifth game with a 30-28 win in game four, but a 15-10 setback ended KU’s hope for an upset.

Erin Waters (sr. Waymart/Western Wayne) led the Golden Bears in the contest with 17 kills and three blocks, while Kaitlyn Cunliffe (fr. Levittown/Pennsbury) and Katie Miller (so. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown) each had 10 kills. Cunliffe also had 17 digs.

Biuso had another 42 digs, while Kinney had 47 assists and 14 digs.

She has 3,188 assists, breaking the previous record of 3,184 by Yvonne Shimp (1994-97).   Kinney also has 999 career digs, one shy of becoming the fifth player in KU history to reach the 1,000 dig plateau.

KU will travel to Millersville Tuesday for a 7 p.m. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East match.
 

Oct. 19

KU CLIPS LADY EAGLES AT PSAC CROSSOVER

CLARION, Pa. — Kutztown University's volleyball team defeated Lock Haven 3-2 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Crossover at Clarion University Friday night.

KU came from behind after losing game one 30-25, to win the next two 30-26 and 30-28.  After the Lady Eagles knotted the match at two games apiece with a 30-27 score in game four, KU cruised to the 15-8 win in the decisive game five.

Lindsay Confer had 22 kills and Kelsey Nester notched 13 kills to lead the offense.  Erin Waters had eight kills and six blocks.  Nicole Biuso recorded 37 digs and Austin Kinney had 51 assists and 34 digs.

Kutztown is now 24-5 on the season, one win shy of tying the school record for victories in a season set in 1984 and 1985.  KU plays Clarion and Edinboro in day two of the PSAC Crossover weekend on Saturday.