LORETTO, Pa. – The Duquesne University volleyball team fell to Saint Francis (PA) in five sets Tuesday night on the road.

Both teams move to 1-6 on the season.

It was a second-straight five-set loss for the Dukes who also lost in five sets to Robert Morris Saturday.  

Despite the loss, the Dukes got strong performances from senior Morgan Kelly and freshman Carsyn Henschen. Kelly led the team with 16 kills and also pitched in with three blocks. Henschen had 14 kills and two blocks.

This is the fourth-straight game that Kelly has recorded 10 or more kills. This is also Henschen's fourth double-digit kill game of the year.

Sophomore Madison Floyd had her best game of the season with a career-high nine kills while tying a season high with six blocks. Freshman Ariel Helm also had six blocks.

Senior Hailey poling recorded 27 assists and freshman Tia Bozzo had 17 of her own.

Freshman Madison Grimm led the Dukes with 13 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Duquesne and SFU kept it close the entire way through the first set. This set included a hefty 15 ties, but SFU ended up being the team finding a two-point lead at the end.

The second set was close as well, but Duquesne was able to hold a lead by a couple points for most of the set. The difference in this set ended up being attack errors – Duquesne ended with three while SFU had 12.

The third set started out just like the first two, back-and-forth between the two teams, until about halfway through. The set was tied at 14 before SFU went on an 8-1 run. That was pretty much all Saint Francis needed as it went on to win the third set 25-19.

The Dukes bounced back in a big way in the fourth set to force a fifth. They jumped out to an 8-4 lead and never let the Red Flash get closer than three the rest of the way. Duquesne controlled this set all the way through. It out-blocked SFU 5-0 and while SFU had nine attack errors compared to just two by Duquesne.

In the final set, the Dukes were able to jump out to a 9-6 lead, but unfortunately, they were unable to close this one out. SFU outscore Duquesne 9-4 the rest of the way, led by Korrin Burns who had 24 kills on the night.

GAME NOTES

• Kelly had a team-high 16 kills, which marks the fourth-straight game she has recorded double-digit kills.
• Henschen recorded 14 kills and still owns the second-highest kills per set on the team with 3.00.
• Floyd tied a career high with six blocks for the second game in a row. Her nine kills were also a new career high.
• Helm had six blocks for the second time in her young career already. She averages 1.00 blocks per set, the second-best on the team.
• Bozzo's 17 assists were a new season high.
• Grimm has recorded 13 or more digs in four-straight games.
• The Dukes' 14 blocks as a team was a season high.

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