Clarion U. Volleyball Wins; Soccer Falls Thursday

| August 31, 2018


CLARION, Pa. – Playing in front of their home fans for the first time this year, the Clarion volleyball team defeated Concord 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-17) in their first match of the Tony Banner Memorial Tournament on Thursday evening.

(Photo courtesy of Clarion University Athletics)

The Golden Eagles (3-2) will be back in action along with the rest of the tournament field on Friday morning.

The offense was in sync for the entire match as Clarion hit .369 for the night, never posting a hitting percentage below .341 for a single set. Three Golden Eagles finished in double-digits in kills, led by Julia Holden’s 17 kills in just three sets. Freshman Aubrey Wrona was just behind her with 16 kills while Lauryn Driscoll added 10 kills. Leah Vensel had 41 assists and Chrissy Cotton recorded 14 digs.

Clarion sucked the drama out of the first set relatively early on, pulling away at 6-4 and eventually building up to a nine-point lead. Wrona put the Golden Eagles ahead 9-5 with a kill, and the duo of Holden and Olivia Olson won the race to 15 with a block of Brooke Heck. The high water mark came at 23-14 after a kill by Lauren Aichinger, and Holden put a ball away a few points later to cement the 25-17 win.

The momentum carried over to the second set when Clarion embarked on an 8-0 run to take a seven-point advantage early. The Mountain Lions rallied and pulled to within four points, making it 16-12 on an error by Driscoll, but the Golden Eagles found their footing and went back on the attack. Wrona forced set point on a kill and Holden did the rest, notching another kill for the set win.

Concord’s best set was the third, with the Mountain Lions building a 13-11 lead midway through. Clarion responded with a 7-1 run punctuated with a block by Driscoll and Wrona that made it 18-14, and Holden put her team up 20-16 with a kill. She added another kill at 23-17, followed by an ace from Vensel to force set point. Holden delivered the coup de grace with a tip kill, taking the set and the match for Clarion.

GANNON DOMINATED WOMEN’S SOCCER

ERIE, Pa. – The Clarion women’s soccer team fell 3-0 on the road Thursday afternoon in their season opener at Gannon University.

The Golden Knights struck for a pair of first-half goals, first a corner kick headed in by Nicole Felice in the 13thminute, followed by a successful penalty kick from Emily Cekella in the 26th minute.

Gannon’s Taylor Lewis added a goal in the 76th minute to extend the lead to 3-0 and put the game out of reach for the Golden Eagles.

The Clarion offense got off to a slow start but picked up the pace in the second half, recording six total shots, three of which were on goal.

Freshman Mackenzie Sheldon led Clarion with two shots on goal, while junior Meliah Roman added the third.

Senior goalkeeper Krista Mosi played all 90 minutes in net, registering eight saves.

Clarion will play their home-opener this Saturday (Sept 1) when they host the Bald Eagles of Lock Haven University. Saturday’s contest is scheduled for a 5pm start at Memorial Stadium.


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