Kutztown University Athletics

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Kutztown women's volleyball took to the road Tuesday night and took care of business, defeating Shippensburg in four sets of a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division match at Heiges Field House.
 
It was the first victory at Shippensburg for the Golden Bears (18-4 overall, 6-2 PSAC East) since Sept. 23, 2022. KU was victorious Tuesday by scores of 25-11, 16-25, 25-13, 25-19.
 
The Maroon and Gold began the night with a bang, dispatching the Raiders (13-8, 4-4) quickly in the opening set. They held leads of 5-1 and 11-5, before going on an 8-0 spurt to raise their advantage to 20-7, and never looked back.
 
SU was able to respond on its home court and even up the match at 1-1. But Kutztown wouldn't let that spiral as it came out firing again in the third set just like it did in the first and never trailed, once again using an 8-0 run to put distance between Ship, adding on from a 5-4 lead to extend it to 13-4.
 
The Golden Bears had to climb out of a deficit in the fourth set to be able to finish off the match. The Raiders scored the set's first five points and led by as many as six points (11-5), before rattling off six points in-a-row and nine-of-10 to take their first lead at 14-12. They kept the lead the rest of the way to earn the victory.
 
Paige Skinner (Placerville, Calif./Ponderosa) finished with 13 kills and nine digs, Grace White (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) tallied 11 kills, five blocks and two digs and Madilyn Bogovic (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) recorded nine kills, 13 digs and two service aces. Both Ellie White (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) and Jaedyn Bartholomew (Schuylkill Haven, Pa./Blue Mountain) contributed four kills, with White adding three blocks and Bartholomew two digs. Emma Baldridge (Damascus, Md./Damascus) totaled 15 assists and eight digs and Abby Polo (Coventry, Conn./Coventry) had 18 assists and four blocks. Saige Thibodeaux (Cape Coral, Fla./Ida S. Baker) finished with 16 digs, while Julia Riley (Secane, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) added eight.
 
Kutztown will remain on the road, but will go out of conference for its next match, at Jefferson University this Thursday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m.

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