GOLDEN, Colo. (September 3, 2016) – The Edinboro University volleyball team concluded the two-day Golden Oredigger Classic, hosted by Colorado School of Mines, by dropping a pair of contests on Saturday afternoon. The Fighting Scots fell in the early match to St. Cloud State by a score of 3-1, before failing to upset #25 Colorado School of Mines later in the afternoon, dropping a 3-0 decision.
 
Edinboro concludes the two-day event 0-4 after facing a strong field of competition that included a pair of ranked teams and two teams that received bids to the NCAA Tournament in 2015.
 
Edinboro will be back on the court next weekend, competing in the PSAC-MEC Crossover hosted by Gannon. On Friday, September 9, the Fighting Scots will take on West Virginia State at 3 p.m. and Concord later in the day at 7 p.m. Edinboro will close out the two-day crossover on Saturday, September 10, facing off with Fairmont State at 10 a.m. and Urbana at 4 p.m.
 
ST. CLOUD STATE DEF. EDINBORO 3-1 (25-23, 25-16, 19-25, 25-20)
The Fighting Scots opened up the final day of the Golden Oredigger Classic falling to St. Cloud State in four sets by a score of 3-1. After dropping the first two sets of the match, the Fighting Scots broke through in the third, scoring five of the last seven points to force a fourth set. St. Cloud State jumped out to a quick 7-1 lead in the extra set and never relinquished the lead.
 
Junior Challen Litwiler got back into the groove with a team-high 14 kills while adding 11 digs and four assists. Senior Latoya Hutchinson added eight kills, followed by sophomore Megan Screptock with seven kills and eight digs.
 
Sydney Trathen paced the Fighting Scots attack with 37 assists and also patrolled the defensive side with a team-high 18 digs, tying a career-best.
 
#25 COLARADO SCHOOL OF MINES DEF. EDINBORO 3-0 (25-20, 28-26, 25-14)
Taking on their second ranked opponent in the past two days, the Fighting Scots played the no. 25 ranked Colorado School of Mines tight throughout the match. Edinboro opened a 20-19 lead late in the first set before the Mines rattled off six straight points to take the opening set. Trailing 20-15 in the second set, the Fighting Scots scored 11 of the next 15 points to take the lead at 25-24, but the Mines would edge out a narrow victory before also taking the third set to clinch the match.
 
A trio of Fighting Scots tied for a team-best six kills, including Latoya Hutchinson, Sydney Trathen and Hanna Cantrill. Trathen once again controlled the Edinboro attack, racking up 21 assists. Hutchinson added a squad-high two block solos. On the defensive side, another trio of Fighting Scots tied for the team-high with six digs including Cantrill, Challen Litwiler and Amanda Lessman.
 
Edinboro finished the match with a .079 hitting percentage, while the Mines ended with a hitting percentage of .310.