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CALIFORNIA, Pa. – \u00a0The Slippery Rock University volleyball team ended its weekend with a four-set (25-11, 25-16, 25-27, 25-20) loss to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division foe California (Pa.) on the road Saturday. To stay up to date with all that happens at The Rock, follow our official Athletic Communication accounts on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter,\u00a0@Rock_Athletics<\/a>), Facebook (RockAthletics<\/a>) and Instagram (RockAthletics<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nSlippery Rock exits the weekend with a 5-13 overall record and an 0-7 mark in PSAC West matches. The host Vulcans improves to 8-13 overall and 2-5 in league matches.
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\nAli Haynes<\/a> led The Rock’s efforts Saturday. In what was her first career start, the freshman recorded a team-high 14 kills on a .324 attack percentage to go with one block and a pair of digs.
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\nBehind Haynes with nine kills apiece was the duo of Kaitlyn Danszczak<\/a> and Hayden Deming<\/a>, who also carried a .467 attack percentage and made two blocks.
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\nGwen McCarthy<\/a> (5), Victoria Nalbach<\/a> (5) and Ava Haynes<\/a> (4) rounded out The Rock’s attack leaders. Nalbach also posted a Rock-best three blocks and one ace.
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\nOne of four freshmen in the starting lineup Saturday along with Ali Haynes<\/a>, Ryan Cameron<\/a> and Chloe Shirk<\/a>, setter Emily Loeffler<\/a> distributed a season-high 28 assists.
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\nAnother Rock rookie, Ellie Friedrichs<\/a> made a team-best 11 digs. Kara Pasquale<\/a> also finished with a double-digit dig total (10).
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\nThe Vulcans finished the night holding advantages over Slippery Rock in kills (65-20), attack percentage (.311 \/ .149), aces (2-1), digs (74-56) and total blocks (7-5).
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\nAfter losing the opening two sets (25-11, 25-16), Slippery Rock battled its way to a 27-25 victory in the third set to avoid the sweep with a strong late rally. Trailing 25-24, The Rock claimed the final three points in the set by way of a McCarthy kill, Nalbach’s ace and a Vulcan attack error.
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\nAli Haynes<\/a> made six kills in the third set.
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\nHowever, Slippery Rock was unable to continue its comeback as the Vulcans erased a three-point deficit midway through the fourth set and with the contest tied at 16-16 California took nine of the final 13 points of the night for the match-deciding 25-20 win.
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\nOlivia Weiseman led California with 23 kills.
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\nSlippery Rock steps outside the PSAC West portion of its schedule for a final time in 2026 when it hosts D’Youville University 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at Morrow Field House.<\/p>\n