Home Cookin' for SU Volleyball

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The Susquehanna women's volleyball team may offer to host every Landmark Round-Robin Tournament if it can continue to replicate Saturday's performances. The Crusaders went a perfect 2-0 on the opening day of the tournament with wins over Moravian and Scranton.

SU (14-7, 2-0) notched its third win in a row and sixth in its last seven matches with a 3-1 win over Moravian and a 3-0 blanking of Scranton. The Crusaders won 25-23, 19-25, 24-26, 25-22 over the Grayhounds and 25-10, 28-26, 25-20 against the Royals.

Sophomore libero Kelly O'Brien (Mastic, N.Y./Eastport-South Manor) also made history on Saturday less than two full years into her collegiate career. With 27 combined digs on Saturday, O'Brien moved into second all-time in SU history with 1,348, surpassing Cheryl Smith (2002-05) who finished her career with 1,334 digs.

Emily Carson (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) combined for 22 kills, 11 in each match, and also added a double-double against Moravian with 21 digs. Senior Lindsey Jankiewicz (Easton, Pa./Freedom) combined for 22 kills with 14 coming in the win over Moravian.

Shona St. Angelo (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport-South Manor) had another solid all-around performance for the Crusaders with 41 assists against the Mules and 30 more in the sweep of the Royals. She also added a combined 16 digs.

Kaylee Monga (Rockaway, N.J./Morris Knolls) added a match-high eight block assists against Moravian and contributed four more against Scranton. SU totaled 27 blocks assists against the Mules with Jankiewicz adding six and Carson finishing with five.

The round-robin tournament wraps-up tomorrow with five matches on the schedule. SU opens the day at 10 a.m. against Catholic and then faces a 17-1 Juniata squad at 3 p.m. in the final match of the weekend.

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