Edinboro Hosts Rebich Investments Invitational to Open 2017 Campaign

EDINBORO, Pa – The Edinboro volleyball team has a busy weekend ahead as it begins the 2017 season. The Fighting Scots will host an eight-team tournament for the first time in many years as McComb Fieldhouse will be the site for the Rebich Investments Invitational on Friday, September 1 and Saturday, September 2.

Both days will feature four matches on two courts for a total of 16 matches. Friday's play gets underway at 12 noon, with the Fighting Scots squaring off against Davis & Elkins at 2:30 p.m., then returning to the court for a 7:30 p.m. match against Saint Rose. On Saturday, the matches begin at 10 a.m., with Edinboro playing West Virginia Wesleyan at 10 a.m., and Bellarmine at 3 p.m.

In addition to Edinboro, the eight-team tournament features on other team from the PSAC in Lock Haven (6-20 in 2016), two teams from the Great Midwest Athletic Conference – Davis & Elkins (15-19) and Walsh (11-18) – plus Fairmont State (21-14) and West Virginia Wesleyan (11-21) from the Mountain East Conference. Bellarmine (19-12), a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, rounds out the field.

Edinboro was recently picked to finish second in the Northwest Division in the 2017 PSAC Volleyball Coaches' Preseason Poll. The Fighting Scots finished the 2016 campaign with a 25-9 record, defeating Shippensburg and Gannon in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional. The Fighting Scots were finally eliminated in the championship match by Wheeling Jesuit.

Head coach Missy Soboleski begins her 13th season at the helm of the Fighting Scots. She has led Edinboro to the NCAA Playoffs nine times and has won 281 games at Edinboro and 414 in her 22 seasons as a head coach.

Soboleski welcomes back a number of key performers, led by seniors Challen Litwiler and Sydney Trathen. Trathen, a three year starter at setter, is a two-time All-PSAC and All-AVCA Atlantic Region selection. She enters the season ranked fourth in career assists at Edinboro with 3,364. A year ago, she ranked third in the PSAC with 1,177 assists.

Litwiler is a 5'8" outside hitter/libero who enters her final season with 961 career kills and ranked ranked second in career service aces with 165 and seventh in career digs with 1,273. She was the 2015 PSAC West Athlete of the Year and as a junior earned second team All-PSAC honors. She was a first team All-Region selection as a sophomore. Litwiler led the team in digs (442) and service aces (41) a year ago, and was third in kills with 326.

The Fighting Scots will also rely greatly on junior outside hitter Megan Screptock. She battled a late-season injury in 2016, but still finished with 199 kills and 296 digs. She was the 2015 PSAC West Freshman of the Year.

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Players Mentioned

#21 Challen Litwiler: OH/L; 5' 8"; Senior

#14 Megan Screptock: OH; 5' 9"; Junior

#12 Sydney Trathen: S/OPP; 5' 9"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#21 Challen Litwiler
: 5' 8"; Senior
: OH/L

#14 Megan Screptock
: 5' 9"; Junior
: OH

#12 Sydney Trathen
: 5' 9"; Senior
: S/OPP

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Edinboro Hosts Rebich Investments Invitational to Open 2017 Campaign

Players Mentioned

#21 Challen Litwiler

#14 Megan Screptock

#12 Sydney Trathen

Players Mentioned

#21 Challen Litwiler

#14 Megan Screptock

#12 Sydney Trathen