Women won 10th straight

With a 3-0 victory over Alderson-Broaddus College, the Rock stays undefeated on the season and improves its record to 10-0.

"We are thrilled about our season so far," sophomore setter Alexandra Fleagle said. "Our chemistry is much stronger this year and I'm excited to see where it goes from here."

The Rock swept the Battlers 25-14, 25-23 and 25-21. Freshman outside hitter Kristy Lake was named Pennsylvania State Athletic West player of the week and had seven kills, while senior outside hitter Kaylee Smith led the team with 11 kills.

Junior Hannah McShea had a career best game with seven aces, and freshman setter Janna Reilly contributed the most assists with 29.

The Rock took control of the game from the onset and opened up a 9-2 lead in the first set. It would go on to hold that lead and win the set 25-14.

Alderson-Broaddus battled back in the second set and opened up a 6-1 lead. The Green and White started its come back with a set of aces by McShea and went on a 10-1 scoring run to regain control 11-7. The four-point lead continued to expand until the Battlers pulled within a point, 24-23, before the Rock scored the final point to take the second match.

The final set was a back and forth battle which went all the way to 16. The Rock went on a 4-1 run to take advantage of the match 20-17, and then SRU traded points as it won the match 25-21.

"We went into tonight's match knowing that we gained confidence over our first two tournaments because we played well and won consistently," Rock head coach Laurie Lokash said in an interview on rockathletics.com.

In its previous match in the PSAC-WVIAC crossover tournament, the Rock set a school record for most consecutive wins to start a season with nine after defeating West Virginia State and Shepherd University.

SRU defeated Shepherd with a 3-0 victory. It won the first set 25-17, played in a close second set which finished 25-22 and pulled away to win the match with a 25-10 final set.

The Green and White wrapped up the crossover tournament with a 3-0 win against West Virginia State.

Now the Rock will head into PSAC crossover play against West Chester University, who they faced on Sept. 2 and defeated 3-0.

"We were able to play West Chester early in the year and we beat them in three, but they're still a very good team," Lokash said. "We are hoping to be able to do the same thing against them this time."