Sports
Clarion Volleyball knocks off IUP and CalU
Senior Kellie Bartman helps Clarion defeat IUP and CalU at Tippin Gym. (Justin Gmoser/ The Clarion Call)
Senior Amanda Gough leads the team with 722 set assists. (Justin Gmoser/ The Clarion Call)
The Clarion University women’s volleyball team had a successful weekend defeating Indiana University of Pennsylvania and first place California University of
Pennsylvania to move their win streak up to five games.
The Golden Eagles sported their pink jerseys for the games to support Breast Cancer Awareness.
Clarion faced CalU on Friday night, Oct. 14, and jumped out to an early lead with a 25-19 win in game one.
Then they couldn’t seem to get anything going dropping game two 16-25 and game three 20-25.
The Golden Eagles bounced back in game four, going back and forth before Clarion was able to come out on top winning 25-18 to force a deciding game five.
Both teams went back and forth in the final game, but Clarion was able to come out on top with a 15-11 victory.
Senior Kellie Bartman led the team with 18 kills and added 14 digs.
Senior Kaitlyn Anderson recorded 13 kills, while junior Rebecca Webb added another five.
Sophomore Aubree Frye had six kills and 11 digs.
Sophomore Hannah Heeter recorded seven kills and had five blocks.
Senior Amanda Gough had seven kills including the game-winning point.
Gough also put up 32 assists.
On the defensive side, senior Rhianon Brady recorded 27 digs.
The Golden Eagles were back at Tippin Gym Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15, playing IUP.
Clarion started off a little slow but they were able to maintain focus and defeat the Crimson Hawks 3-0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-19).
Bartman recorded 10 kills in the game and Anderson added another eight.
Heeter recorded seven kills and redshirt freshman Carlie Bieranowski had six. Gough had 35 assists and seven digs while Brady recorded another 21 digs.
Senior Kayla Rodak added eight more digs.
“These were two huge conference wins and a good confidence boost for the team,” said head coach Jennifer Mills.
“We need to be more consistent, and with the second half of conference play coming up, we control our own fate.”
Clarion was defeated 3-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 18, against Wheeling Jesuit 25-22, 25-23, 26-24 ending their five-game win streak.
Now they will begin a six-game stretch to wrap up the season, all against PSAC West teams.
The Golden Eagles are 13-10 overall and 9-4 in the PSAC. Clarion faces Gannon University at home Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. and then play Mercyhurst University
Saturday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m.
The Golden Eagles stay at home to face Slippery Rock University Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m.
Clarion will finish the season with three away games against Edinboro, IUP and CalU.
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