Women's Volleyball
2008 Game Recaps

last updated 11/08/2008 01:23 PM

Nov. 8, 2008

Millersville 3, Kutztown 1 (22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 23-25)
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KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown University women’s volleyball team battled hard in four sets, but Millersville University emerged with a 3-1 win Saturday at Keystone Arena.

Millersville went up 2-0 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East match with wins of 25-22 and 25-23 before KU took the third set 25-20. Millersville rebounded in the fourth set to clinch the win with a 25-23 victory.

KU (15-16, 4-8 PSAC East) was led by Lindsay Confer (so. Wingate/Bald Eagle Area), who had 13 kills. Katie Miller (jr. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown) and Cali Snell (fr. York/York Suburban) each had nine. Snell also had three blocks.

Millersville (11-15, 4-8 PSAC East), which used a 9-0 run in the first set to erase a 21-15 deficit, had nine service aces in the match. Emily Bires, who had three in a row in the fourth set, led the Marauders with 10 kills.

Jamie Celia (so. Douglassville/Daniel Boone) had 32 assists, 22 digs, three blocks and three service aces for the Golden Bears. Kelsey Nester (so. Catasauqua/ Catasauqua), who had 14 digs and five kills, also had three blocks.

Lindsey Smith (fr. Hanover/Delone Catholic) chipped in with 17 digs.

The loss ends the season for the Golden Bears, who will not lose any players to graduation. At 15-16 overall, the Golden Bears end a streak of seven straight winning seasons. Their streak of 12 straight seasons of finishing .500 or better in the PSAC East also comes to an end with a 4-8 division record.