Oct. 6, 2007

Volleyball Completes Chicago Sweep, Wins Third Straight Match

    Youngstown -- Youngstown State junior Ebony Barbosa posted a double-double with a team-high 16 kills and 17 digs and led the Penguins volleyball team (9-10, 3-5 Horizon League) to its third straight win with a 30-20, 28-30, 30-28, 30-28 win over UIC on Saturday afternoon at the Beeghly Center.

    Senior Jessica Fraley posted a double-double with 15 kills and 18 digs while sophomore Ruth Boscaljon added 12 kills and five blocks and freshman Abigail Drost tallied 10 kills.

    The Penguins won game one impressively with a .486 hitting percentage (17-0-35) and were led by five kills from Boscaljon and four from Barbosa.

    With the game tied at 18-18, YSU rattled off 12 of the next 14 points for the decisive victory.

    UIC knotted the match with a 30-28 decision in game two but the Penguins hit just .174 with seven hitting errors in the second stanza.

    In game three, the Penguins led by as many as five points, 18-13, and 25-21 before the Flames rallied to take a 28-26 lead. Kills by Karla Everhart and Allison Heinz and two late hitting errors by the Flames gave the Penguins a 30-28 victory.

    Fraley and Barbosa were almost unstoppable in the fourth game recording eight and six kills, respectively, to lead the Penguins to the 30-28 win.

    Trailing 25-24, a Barbosa kill and a block from Heinz and Barbosa gave the Penguins a 26-25 edge. With the game tied at 27-27, a kill by Fraley and a perfectly-place third hit by libero Laurie Shives that hit the line for just her second kill of the season gave the Penguins a 29-27 lead.

    After a UIC kill, Fraley ended the match with her 15th kill of the match.

    YSU continues its homestand against Wright State, Friday, Oct. 12, at the Beeghly Center.