GREENSBURG, Pa. — The Edinboro women's volleyball team battled back to force a fifth set but fell 3-2 to host Seton Hill on Friday.
In the opening set, the teams traded points to 5-5. The Scots moved ahead 7-5 after a
Maggie Koster block and a Seton Hill attack error. The Griffins tied the set at 8-8 on a block by Emma Meurer and Maddie Stout and went in front 9-8 on a Scots attack error. The teams went back-and-forth to a12-12 tie before three straight Griffin points made it 15-12. Following a Fighting Scots timeout and a Dunn service error that made it 15-13, the Griffins pushed the lead to 18-13. The Fighting Scots got back within 22-19 on consecutive
Taylor Pucky kills.
Suncica Lekic later put down a kill to make it 23-20 before the Griffins moved to 24-20 on a Smith kill and finished the opening set 25-20 with Dunn's ace.
The Scots jumped out to a 5-1 lead early in the second set. They stretched the lead to 10-3 on a Pucky kill and a Courtney Smith attack error. The Scots continued to lead 10-5 before the Griffins cut into the lead and closed the gap to 15-13. Koster answered with a kill from
Laney Burns, and kills by
Reilly Parent and Pucky pushed the Fighting Scots back in front 18-13. The Scots reached set point at 24-16 on a Whitner kill from
Faith Schneider, and after the Griffins scored twice, Whitner finished the set with a kill from
Grace Petro for a 25-18 win.
The Fighting Scots stayed even early in the third, tying the third set at 3-3 on a Griffins attack error and again at 4-4 on a Whitner kill. The Griffins answered with seven straight points to move ahead 11-4. After the Fighting Scots got back-to-back points to make it 14-9, the Griffins put together another extended stretch to reach 22-9 and closed the set 25-12.
The Griffins moved in front 10-7 in the fourth set behind kills from Flohr and Meurer, but the Fighting Scots came back to tie it at 10-10 on a Parent block and a Griffins attack error. After Seton Hill went back ahead 12-10, the Scots scored four straight points pushing the Fighting Scots ahead 14-12. The Griffins cut the margin to 16-15, but Parent answered with a kill,
Christina Lockett followed with another, and Pucky and Lockett teamed for a block that put the Scots up 20-16. The Fighting Scots closed the set by taking four of the final five points, including a Lockett kill for set point, to win 25-18.
The Scots started the fifth set with a Pucky-Lockett block and a Petro ace for a 2-0 lead, but the Griffins scored the next four points to move in front 4-2. Parent helped the Fighting Scots stay close three kills. The Griffins went ahead 9-7, a pair of Seton HIl errors and a Lekic ace put the Scots back up 10-9. The Griffins answered with three straight points for a 12-10 lead, but the Fighting Scots moved ahead 14-12 on a Parent kill, a Whitner-Lockett block and another Petro ace. The Griffins took the final four points, tying the set on a Flohr kill before kills by Savannah Schwarz and Maddie Stout closed out the 16-14 set.
Parent led the Fighting Scots with 17 kills and 18 points while adding 14 digs. Schneider collected a team-high 22 digs. Petro finished with 29 assists, seven digs and two service aces. Pucky added 10 kills, 16 digs and two block assists.
The Fighting Scots are back in action on Saturday at 11 a.m. when they travel to California (PA)
