Box Score

INDIANA, PA – Lisa Kissell (Greensburg, Pa. /Greensburg Salem) and Elizabeth Sova (Myerstown, Pa. /ELCO) each had 10 kills but neither could help the IUP women's volleyball team on Saturday, as the Crimson Hawks fell to Malone in four sets at the Kovalchick Complex.
 
The match was the final one of the season-opening Crimson Hawk Invitational, with IUP ending the weekend at 2-1.
 
The Crimson Hawks played an uneven match, winning the second set 25-16, but dropping sets one, three and five by scores of 25-18, 25-15 and 25-20, respectively.
 
The Crimson Hawks fell down by 12 in the opening set before going on an 8-2 run, but it was too little, too late as Malone took a seven-point victory.
 
IUP was a different team in the second set, scoring four of the game's first five points, including back-to-back kills by Kissell. Malone would battle back to make it a one-point game at 7-6, but the Crimson Hawks responded by reeling off six straight points to take a 13-6 lead. Another 6-0 run put them on top 20-10 before eventually winning by nine.
 
The third set was highlighted by an 8-0 run from the Pioneers, which gave them a 21-11 lead. IUP tried chipping away at the lead but it was already too much for the Crimson Hawks. The final set was much of the same, with Malone jumping out on top 4-0. IUP rallied to tie the score at 5-5, and later went on a 4-0 run to go on top by a score of 10-9.
 
The set then went back and forth, with each team holding a lead until the Pioneers scored five of the last seven points for the victory.
 
The Crimson Hawks had just a .093 hitting percentage on the night, connecting on 37 total kills. Lindsay Moeller (Troy, Mich./Troy) finished with 28 assists, while Joie Hrapla (Pittsburgh, Pa. /Bishop Canevin) and Lauren Hester (State College, Pa. /State College) had 21 and 20 digs, respectively. Meghan Schneider (Lake Geneva, Wis. /Big Foot) finished with eight total blocks while Alexis Anderson (Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield) had five.
 
The Crimson Hawks return to the court on Wednesday, Sept. 10 when they travel to West Virginia to take on Shepherd.