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Women's Volleyball Honors Senior Class; Drops Season Finale to St. Ambrose
CHICAGO – The Roosevelt University women's volleyball team honored its senior class of Kaila Beckwith, Jesse Neugebauer, and Mandy Stahulak in a pre-match ceremony on Thursday, November 4 and then closed out the 2021 season with a straight set CCAC Conference loss to St. Ambrose University at the Goodman Center. The Lakers ended the season with an overall record of 3-26 and a conference record of 0-18.
In the opening set, the Fighting Bees scored the first three points and extended their lead to 11-2. The Lakers were unable to overcome the early deficit and St. Ambrose controlled the rest of the set, winning 25-12.
St. Ambrose continued its momentum into the second set, opening a 6-0 advantage before a Kara Sleeper kill got the Lakers on the board. Roosevelt climbed back into the set, tying things up at 13-13, but the Fighting Bees answered with seven straight points to regain control of the set. Roosevelt cut the deficit to 21-17 only to have St. Ambrose go on another run and win the set 25-18.
The two teams were deadlocked at 4-4 early in the third set before the Fighting Bees scored nine consecutive points to build a 13-4 lead. Roosevelt was once again unable to recover with St. Ambrose going on to win the third set 25-11 to sweep the match.
MATCH DETAILS
Score: St. Ambrose 25 25 25
Roosevelt 12 18 11
Records: Roosevelt 3-26, 0-18 (CCAC) // St. Ambrose 19-11, 11-7 (CCAC)
Location: Goodman Center | Chicago, Ill.
KEY STATS
- Kaila Beckwith & Kara Sleeper both had four kills
- Grace Morrill had eight digs defensively
- Jessa Henry dished out 14 asissts
- Jesse Neugebauer & Mandy Stahulak each had six digs
NEWS & NOTES
- The Lakers recognized their 2021 senior class in a pre-match ceremony with those seniors including Kaila Beckwith, Jesse Neugebauer, & Mandy Stahulak
- RU is now 5-10 in the all-time series versus SAU
- Click here to view the final CCAC Conference standings