Final Stats

Sept. 14 2007

Contact: Greg Murphy

FAIRBORN, Ohio - Cleveland State dropped its Horizon League opener, 30-25, 24-30, 22-30, 30-25, 16-14, to Wright State on Friday night at C.J. McLin Gymnasium.

After losing the opening game, CSU stormed back to take a 7-1 lead in game two on a kill from sophomore Beth Greulich. The Raiders rallied to slice the lead to 11-9, but the Vikings used a 13-8 run to reclaim a seven point lead (24-17) and knot the match at 1-1.

CSU started quick once again in game three by scoring 10 of the first 15 points. However, Wright State rallied and knotted the game at 13-13 on a Viking attack error. It was all CSU from there as the Vikings tallied 17 of the final 26 points to claim the win and a 2-1 advantage.

The lead was short-lived, as the Raiders went on to hit .250 (13-3-40) and force 11 CSU attack errors in game four and send the match into a deciding fifth game, which featured six ties and three lead changes. The final tie came at 14-14, but back-to-back attack errors by CSU ended the match.

Junior Jenni Ramminger led the Vikings with 14 kills, while Greulich and freshman Amy Benz added 12 apiece. Benz also added 11 block assists. Senior Mel Snyder notched a double-double with 61 assists and 12 digs, and junior Jordan Bateman added a match-best 21 digs.

Sophomore Alexis Korovich finished with 11 kills and a career-high 21 digs for her fifth double-double of the season.

Tara Geegan led the Raiders (3-9, 1-0 HL) with a match-best 17 kills, while Lindsey Frank recorded a double-double of 49 assists and 12 digs.

CSU finished with more kills (72-59), but also registered 12 more attack errors (42-30).

CSU (7-5, 0-1 HL) will return to action on Saturday afternoon with a 4:00 pm match at Butler.