Final Stats

August 25, 2007

Contact: Greg Murphy

TOLEDO, Ohio - Despite two players recording double-doubles and leading Xavier in almost every statistical category, the Cleveland State volleyball team dropped its first match of the season, 22-30, 30-24, 30-25, 21-30, 15-11, to the Musketeers at the Toledo Invitational on Saturday afternoon at John F. Savage.

The Vikings, who played without sophomore Liz Fazio who was resting an injury, fell to 2-1 this season, while Xavier remains perfect at 3-0.

"I thought we played really well against a great Xavier team," CSU head coach Chuck Voss said. "We battled all match, but they came through and made the plays at the end."

CSU outhit Xavier (.287-.250) and also held advantages in blocks (16-10), aces (7-6) and attack errors (19-29).

In the deciding fifth game, Xavier raced out to a 7-4 lead, but the Vikings rallied to slice the lead to 9-8 on a Musketeer attack error. However, Xavier would go on to score five of the next six points to take a 14-9 lead and claim the win.

Sophomore Alexis Korovich (14 kills, 10 digs) and senior Mel Snyder (45 assists, 10 digs) produced double doubles for the Vikings, while junior Jordan Bateman amassed a match-best 24 digs.

Sophomore Kayla Lefeld tied her career-high with 14 kills, while sophomore Beth Greulich added 15 kills and freshman Amy Benz chipped in 12.

Lauren Kaminsky's 20 kills and 14 digs led Xavier. Jenn Welsh dished out 61 assists for the Musketeers.

CSU will conclude play at the Toledo Invitational with a 7:30 pm match against the host Rockets on Saturday night.