Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 The Misericordia women's volleyball team split four matches at the SUNY Morrisville Mustang Tournament, Friday and Saturday.

The Cougars defeated Russell Sage, 3-1, and fell to Rowan, 3-2, Friday evening.

On Saturday, MU fell to Morrisville, 3-2, and ended the tournament with a 3-1 win over SUNY Oswego.

In Friday's opener vs. Sage, Fiona Pyfer recorded a team-high 16 kills and added six digs while Faith Merritt contributed 10 kills and three aces.

Jessica Cleveland had 12 digs and five aces and Annika Massa dished out 30 assists and four aces.

In the nightcap vs. Rowan, Meghan Peters led the Cougars with 10 kills. Jenna Schuda had 34 kills and four blocks and Cleveland had a team-high 14 digs.

Pyfer finished with nine kills and 13 digs. Merritt had eight kills, 10 digs and three aces. Sarah Kelly added four blocks and Shelby Hastings had nine kills.

In Saturday's opener vs. Morrisville, Pyfer and Merritt each had 13 kills and Sophie Winter contributed 11 kills.

Schuda had 45 assists with three aces and Cleveland had a team-high 18 digs.

MU wrapped up the tournament with a four-set win over Oswego. The Cougars took the opening and final two sets, 25-20, 25-21, 25-19.

Pyfer and Merritt again led the team with eight kills apiece. Cleveland had 19 digs and three aces. Delaney Boyd delivered three aces and eight digs. Schuda finished with 25 assists, 13 digs and four aces.

"I'm super proud of how our group battled all weekend," said Head Coach Robert Wingert. "We played 21 sets of volleyball in a 42-hour period.  Our preseason helped prepare us for that type of grind and we had great contributions from all 18 members of our roster.  We faced some great competition that put us in uncomfortable situations and we look forward to improving our late-match execution down the road."
 
Misericordia will travel to Lycoming for the MAC Freedom opener, Wednesday at 7:00.