Women's Volleyball Falls to St. Francis in Five Sets in CCAC Conference Play

CHICAGO – The Roosevelt University women's volleyball team lost a tough, five-set CCAC Conference contest to the University of St. Francis on Thursday, September 9 at the Goodman Center.  The loss dropped the Lakers to 0-3 in the CCAC and to 2-9 overall.

The Lakers started off strong and jumped out to an 8-4 lead in the opening set.  The Fighting Saints battled back and led 20-18, but RU fought back and tied the set at 21-21 before scoring the next four points to take a 1-0 match lead.

The second set was all St. Francis as they ran out to an early lead and never looked back, winning 25-15 to tie the match at 1-1.  The third set was another tight one throughout with the Lakers trailing 18-17 late in the stanza.  However, USF scored the next four points to take control and held on to win 25-20 to lead 2-1.

Roosevelt wasn't going down without a fight as the Lakers built an 11-5 advantage to open the fourth set, but the Fighting Saints clawed their way back into the set and cut the RU margin to one point at 21-20.  The Lakers appeared to be pushing the match to a fifth set when they pushed their lead to 24-22, but St. Francis fought off two set points and took the lead with a chance to win the set on two match points of their own.  However, the Lakers kept the match alive and won the set 28-26 on a service ace from Jessa Henry to force a fifth and deciding set.

The fifth set was another competitive affair with the teams trading leads until St. Francis took the lead for good at 11-10.  RU battled until the end, trailing 14-13 before falling on the next service to lose the match in five sets.

MATCH DETAILS

Score:   St. Francis            21           25           25           26           15
                Roosevelt            25           15           20           28           13

Records: Roosevelt 2-9, 0-3 (CCAC) // St. Francis 3-8, 3-0 (CCAC)

Location: Goodman Center | Chicago, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Freshman Viktoria Marysheva had a career-high 17 kills
• Kara Sleeper also set a career-high for kills with 15 to go with 4 block assists
• Alyssa Stilley also tallied double-digit kills with 10
• Jessa Henry dished out a season-high 47 assists & had 8 digs
• Freshman Grace Morrill registered 22 digs

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers are now 2-11 all-time versus the Fighting Saints
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers continue with their CCAC Conference schedule on Saturday, September 11 when they travel to Bourbonnais, Ill. to take on Olivet Nazarene University.  Match time is set for 1pm and fans can follow live here.