The Shippensburg University volleyball team defeated Chestnut Hill in straight sets Wednesday night at Heiges Field House. The Raiders won by scores of 25-12, 25-12, and 25-7.
Shippensburg (11-6) recorded 44 kills and posted a season-high .333 hitting percentage. Ten players registered at least one kill. Chestnut Hill (3-10) finished with nine kills and a -.114 hitting percentage. Shippensburg out-blocked the Griffins 8-4 and recorded eight aces compared to four for Chestnut Hill.
Hailey Cappleman led the Raiders with 14 kills, hitting .722 with one error on 18 attempts, and added six block assists. Elise Bragg recorded nine kills, two aces, six digs, and one block assist, while Isabelle Bombas added six kills and two block assists.
Setters Kearstin Davis and Jaiden Anderson combined for 33 assists, with Davis tallying 18 and Anderson 15. Shay Kolivoski led the defense with 13 digs.
Shippensburg opened the first set with an early 4-1 lead and extended it to 24-10 before closing with a kill from Cappleman. The Raiders built large leads in each of the next two sets, including a 15-0 run in the third with three aces from Gracen Nutt.
Chestnut Hill’s Micah McKenzie led the Griffins with four kills, and Sarah Allen had 10 digs.
Shippensburg returns home Friday to face PSAC East opponent East Stroudsburg at 6 p.m.
