On Friday afternoon the Clarion women’s volleyball team picked up another win as it beat Cheyney in a PSAC crossover match at West Chester.
Sarah Sheffield and Rebecca Ferragonio each had seven kills to lead Clarion to the 3-0 win.
Ferragonio also added four aces.
Clarion won by the scores of 25-3, 25-5, 25-3.
Katie Aurand also contributed with seven digs and four aces. Leirin Baker had five digs and three aces, and Kayla Rodak had six aces, three digs, and a kill.
Earlier that afternoon Clarion defeated West Chester 3-0.
The Golden Eagles returned to action the following afternoon as they secured their 20th win of the season by beating Kutztown in four sets.
This is the 17th time in team history and the eighth time in the past nine seasons that Clarion (20-4 overall, 10-1 PSAC) won 20 games.
Clarion’s 20-4 start is the third best in school history after 24 games behind a pair of 21-3 starts in 2002 (31-5 final record) and 2007 (28-6 final record).
Amanda Gough led the way for the Golden Eagles with 50 assists, 13 digs, and four blocks.
Gough wasn’t the only one contributing as Kellie Bartman added 13 kills, nine digs, Nicole Andrusz 11 kills and two blocks, and Leeann Higginbotham 10 kills.
Rhianon Brady (25 digs), Joy Carey (18 digs) and Alison Bolinger (8 digs) paced the Golden Eagle defense.
On Tuesday night at Clarion’s Tippin gym, Clarion fell to division III powerhouse Juniata in straight sets.
The Eagles of Juniata (20-2), who are ranked second in the country in the AVCA NCAA Division III Coaches’ Poll, won by scores of 27-25, 25-20 and 25-13.
Clarion fell to 20-5 on the year. They got seven kills and two blocks apiece from Bartman, Andrusz, and Rebecca Webb.
Bartman added six digs, while Brady led the Golden Eagles with 17 digs. Bolinger chipped in with eight digs, and Gough had 22 set assists.
Clarion returns to action Friday when it travels to Erie to play Gannon for a PSAC-West match, and then will travel to Edinboro on Saturday, to play Edinbor.
Clarion will be back home on Oct. 23.
