11/6/26
 
SCRANTON, Pa.-- Lackawanna College women's volleyball has one last weekend remaining in the 2026 campaign, and the Falcons will spend it by hosting a pair of PSAC opponents inside the historic Lackawanna College Student Union gymnasium.
 
On Friday, November 6^th, the Falcons will take on the Kutztown University Golden Bears at 6:00pm ET. Then, on Saturday, November 7^th, Lackawanna will host the Millersville University Marauders for Senior Day at 1:00pm ET.
 
Game Details:  
Who: Kutztown University Golden Bears (20-9) at Lackawanna College Falcons (0-19) 
When: Friday, November 6^th, 6:00pm ET 
Where: LC Student Union Gymnasium, Lackawanna College; Scranton, PA
 
Who: Millersville University Marauders (7-19) at Lackawanna College Falcons (0-19)
When: Saturday, November 7^th, 1:00pm ET
Where: LC Student Union Gymnasium, Lackawanna College; Scranton, PA
 
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This will be the second time for the Falcons against both Kutztown and Millersville. Back on September 22^nd, Lackawanna fell in four sets to Kutztown University (25-14, 25-13, 20-25, 25-15) on the road at Brandywine Heights HS. The Bears hit .327 for the match. On October 9^th, the Falcons couldn't overcome a sluggish first set performance and fell in a sweep at Millersville (25-14, 25-23, 25-19). Millersville hit .212 and had nine aces on the night. You can read the Kutztown recap HERE, and the Millersville match recap HERE. 
 
The Falcons:  
Lackawanna College (0-19) struggled this past weekend, losing in straight-sets against Bloomsburg on Friday (25-17, 25-18, 25-14) and East Stroudsburg on Saturday (25-12, 25-22, 25-7). Bloom hit .276 and had 12 aces against the Falcons, while the Warriors from ESU hit at .258 and held the Falcons to a negative percentage on the day. You can read the full Bloomsburg recap HERE, and the full ESU recap HERE.
 
On the year, Lackawanna is hitting just over even at .007, with 411 kills and 398 errors. Opponents are hitting .248 against the Falcons, and the opposition has 185 aces this year, a 3.0 aces per set average, while the Falcons record 1.3 ace per set this year. Lackawanna is just below one block per set for the year, while the opposition averages 1.5 blocks per set. Their opponents have 15.1 digs per set, while the Falcons average 11.6 per set.
 
Junior outside hitter Jana Hofmann (Colorado Springs, CO) leads the Falcons with 127 kills, 2.15 per set, on .092 hitting this year. Hofmann's 15 aces are second on the squad this season, and she has collected 126 digs, averaging 2.14 per set, which is second on the team for the year. Jana had a season-best 22 kills on 219 hitting in the five-set loss to Wilkes back on October 21^st, where she also had her season-best 20 digs. In the first match-up against Kutztown, she had seven kills and seven digs while hitting at .043. Against Millersville, she had nine kills and 15 digs in the sweep. Jana had three kills against Bloomsburg last Friday, but did not play against ESU on Saturday. Jana is a former NJCAA All-American, selected as a first-year player with the Falcons, and was a two-time Region XIX DII Player of the Year. 
 
Third-year outside hitter/middle blocker Nadia Toth (Dalton, PA) is second on the team with 59 kills, averaging a kill per set and hitting at .046. Nadia has a pair of aces on the year, and she's second in total blocks (16.0), posting nine solo blocks for the Falcons. Nadia also has 27 digs this season. Toth set season-highs in kills (8) and digs (11) against Wilkes (10/21), hitting at .147 for the match against the Colonels. Toth had a combined seven kills and three block assists in the two matches last weekend. She had five kills paired with a dig against Kutztown (9/22) and she posted two kills against Millersville (10/9).
 
First-year outside hitter Sophia Bedics (Bethlehem, PA) is third on the team with 52 kills in nine matches, a 1.79 per set average, while hitting .110. Bedics has 33 digs this season and five total blocks. She had 12 kills, a season-best, on .256 hitting, and posted five digs in the loss to Kutztown (9/22). Bedics has six or more kills in four matches this season. She had three kills on negative hitting against West Chester on September 26^th. Sophia has not played since that match because of injury, and missed a couple of matches this season. Sophia missed the Millersville contest in early October, but she was back in action last weekend against Bloomsburg and ESU. She posted four kills, two aces, and three digs against Bloomsburg on Friday, followed by four kills, one ace, and a dig against ESU on Saturday.

Second-year middle hitter Ciona Braziel (Fort Worth, TX) is fourth on the team with 49 kills this season, averaging a kill per set this season and hitting a -.043 on the year. Braziel leads the Falcons with 17 blocks, including ten solo stops. She posted a season-best eight kills on .313 hitting in a loss to West Chester at home on September 26^th. Braziel had six kills against Lock Haven on October 16^th. She had six kills in the pair of games last weekend with one block assist for the Falcons. Ciona posted three kills and four blocks in total against Kutztown (9/22), and she had three kills and three total blocks against Millersville (10/9).
 
Sophomore setter Kaitlyn Reed (Aurora, CO) has a team-best 117 assists this year, averaging 2.44 assists per set, and posting nine kills and nine aces on the year. Reed also has 47 digs this season. Reed set a season-high in assists (18) and another in aces (4) in the loss to Wilkes (10/21). Reed had a season-best four kills in the loss to Lock Haven (10/16). She had a combined 12 assists and eleven digs in the pair of matches last weekend. Reed did not play against Kutztown in the first match this season, and she had eight assists in three sets against Millersville (10/9). 
 
Third-year libero Adalee Rosado Rivera (Guyama, Puerto Rico) leads the team with 179 digs, a 3.03 digs per set clip, and she also leads the team with 17 aces on the year. Rosado Rivera has posted ten or more digs this season in nine matches, and six of her last seven matches. She has amassed 57 assists on the season, just over one assist per set, and she has seven kills this year. Rosado Rivera set her season-high with 23 digs against Wilkes (10/21), posting six assists and one kill, as well. She had a combined 25 digs, including two kills and 14 digs against ESU, in two matches last weekend. Rosado Rivera posted three assists and three digs against Kutztown (9/22), and she posted two assists and 13 digs against Millersville (10/9).
 
Coach Shelby Reese is in her fifth season in charge of the program, and she's hoping to establish the baseline and foundation for her program as the transition to the NCAA and Division II really begins to take shape for the Falcons. Reese has won 45 matches in her four years with the Falcons, including 17 in 2024, and 14 matches and a Region XIX championship in 2023. Before her time at Lackawanna, Reese was the head coach at NCAA Division III Cedar Crest in Allentown, winning 86 matches and getting the Falcons to their first-ever NCAA tournament in 2021. Last year's Lackawanna squad began peaking at the right time, winning a flurry of matches in the final week of the season to enter the playoffs with some momentum and make the Region XIX championship game for the third year in a row, before falling to Monroe in straight sets. 
 
Reese has won 45 matches in her four years with the Falcons, including 17 in 2024, and 14 matches and a Region XIX championship in 2023. Before her time at Lackawanna, Reese was the head coach at NCAA Division III Cedar Crest in Allentown, winning 86 matches and getting the Falcons to their first-ever NCAA tournament in 2021. 
  
The Golden Bears
Kutztown (20-9) enters the weekend on a bit of a skid, with losses in four of its last five matches, including the last three entering the weekend. Kutztown beat Lock Haven on October 23^rd at home, 3-1, but dropped matches with Shippensburg (3-1), ESU (3-2), and Shepherd (3-0). The Golden Bears went to five sets in the match against ESU last Friday, blowing a 2-1 lead and taking the fifth set past 15, but ultimately falling, 16-14. Kutztown posted eight aces, but was out-hit (.157 to .135). The Bears got the fifth set to 14-14, but ESU scored twice on kills to secure the win. Against Shepherd the next day, Kutztown couldn't duplicate its effort, falling in straight-sets. Kutztown was out-hit (.324 to .178), and Shepherd had seven aces and six blocks.
 
As it stands right now, Kutztown has clinched a spot in the PSAC volleyball playoffs with an 8-5 record, just in front of Shippensburg, but the Bears could fall to fifth if they lose at Lock Haven and Shippensburg beats East Stroudsburg. On the other hand, Kutztown could rise to third if East Stroudsburg drops its pair of matches and the Bears beat Lock Haven. The tournament starts next week on November 9^th with a first-round match-up between the 5^th and 4^th seeds in both the East and West.
 
This season, Kutztown averages 12.4 kills per set and hits .219 on the year, while the opposition averages 11.7 kills per set and hits at .177 for the year. The Golden Bears have 226 aces, averaging 2.1 aces per set, while their opponents average just under two aces per set. The Bears block at the same rate (1.7 blocks per set) as their opponents. The Golden Bears average 14.9 digs per set this year.
 
Senior outside hitter Paige Skinner leads the squad with 383 kills in 29 matches, averaging 3.68 kills per set and hitting at a .196. She also leads the team with 44 aces. Skinner is third on the team with 254 digs this season, and she has 22 total blocks on the year. Skinner has double-digit kills in 24 matches this season, setting her season-best with 24 kills on .362 hitting against Belmont Abbey in a five-set win for the Bears back on September 5^th. She had a season-high 15 digs, along with 14 kills, against Jefferson on October 15^th. Her best hitting performance came against Chestnut Hill (9/13), hitting at .542 and 14 kills, along with eleven digs, in a sweep for the Bears. Paige posted 13 kills, 14 digs, and four blocks in total against ESU last Friday, playing in all five sets. Against Shepherd, she posted nine kills, one ace, and one assist. Skinner had four kills in one set against the Falcons earlier this season.
 
Sophomore outside hitter Madilyn Bogovic is second on the team with 323 kills on the year, with 3.20 kills per set and hitting at .211, while also posting 33 service aces, fourth on the squad. She's second on the team with 280 digs and has 20 total blocks this year. Bogovic has 16 matches with double-digit kills on the season, posting her season-best 19 kills twice this season against Bloomsburg (10/2) and Shippensburg (10/24). She had 19 kills on .444 hitting, along with eleven digs, against Bloomsburg, while posting 19 kills and a season-high 20 digs against Shippensburg. Bogovic had a combined 25 kills against ESU and Shepherd last weekend, posting 16 kills and 13 digs against ESU in the five-set loss. Against Shepherd last weekend, she posted nine kills, an ace, six digs, and an assist. Bogovic did not play against Lackawanna in the first match this year. She was the PSAC East Rookie of the Year last season, earning a first-team All-PSAC East selection, as well. 
 
Junior middle hitter Grace White is third on the team with 232 kills in her 28 matches, hitting .361 on the season and averaging 2.25 kills per set. White is second on the team with 83 total blocks, including 20 solo stops and 63 assists. White has ten matches with double-digit kills on the year, and she put up a season-best 18 kills on .471 hitting and eight assists against ESU last Friday. Her best blocking performance also came against the Warriors, posting eight total blocks in the five-set loss. She put up ten kills and two assists against Shepherd on Saturday, hitting at .529. White did not play against Lackawanna earlier this season.
 
Sophomore middle hitter Ellie White is fourth on the team, posting 150 kills, averaging 1.47 per set, and hitting at .243 on the year. White has 38 aces, second on the team this season. White leads the team with 90 total blocks, with 14 solo blocks and 76 block assists. She has five matches with double-digit kills, and she has twice hit for her season-best eleven kills, against Glenville St (9/4) and Bloomsburg (9/19) earlier this season. She hit.733 against Glenville St and .320 against Bloomsburg. White had a season-high six total blocks twice this season, once against D'Youville (8/28) and then again against Lock Haven (10/23), posting three kills in the win for the Bears. She had a combined four kills and seven total blocks in two games last weekend against ESU and Shepherd. White did not play against the Falcons the first time around.
 
Junior setter Emma Baldridge leads the Bears with 531 assists this year, averaging 5.16 assists per set. Baldridge is third on the team with 34 aces in the year. She has 163 digs, fifth on the team. She had 24 assists in the five-set loss to ESU last Friday, then 13 assists against Shepherd last Saturday. She played four sets against the Falcons in September and had 17 assists in the win. 
 
The head coach for the Golden Bears is Jason Barshinger, now in his second year at Kutztown. Barshinger took over a team that won just one match the year before, and he immediately improved the Bears, pushing Kutztown to a 15-13 record in 2025, the most wins for the program since 2011, and a mark he has now surpassed with the 20 wins this year. Barshinger came to Kutztown after spending time at NCAA Division III Bryn Athyn College for three seasons. The Lions won 12 matches in 2024, their most in program history. Before his time at Bryn Athyn, Barshinger was a successful high school coach at both New Oxford HS and Abington HS, and then before that, coached at Wilson College and Central Penn College. Barshinger was a three-year starter at Central York HS and was a participant in the 1999 USA Volleyball Junior National Championship tournament. He went to Central Penn College, where he played basketball, cross country, and golf, and was named Athlete of the Year in 2022. He earned an associate's degree in communications from Central Penn, then picked up a bachelor's degree in business administration from Elizabethtown College in 2021
 
 
The Marauders
Millersville (7-19) enters the weekend with one win in its last five matches, and the Marauders are winless in the PSAC. They'll try to reverse that with a match against Bloomsburg on the road on Friday night before coming to Scranton on Saturday. Last weekend, the Marauders split their pair of matches, beating Wilmington University in five sets on Thursday, October 29^th, before falling to Shippensburg at home in four sets. Against Wilmington, the Marauders hit .244 for the match, posted eight aces, and out-blocked the Wildcats by a 9-6 margin. Millersville led 2-1 through three sets, but Wilmington forced the match to the fifth set, Millersville overcame a 10-6 deficit in the fifth, scoring six of the next seven points to go up 12-11 and pull away for the win. Against Shippensburg last Friday, Millersville won the second set and challenged the Raiders into the third set before falling, 28-26, and then eventually dropping it in four. Shippensburg hit slightly better (.188 to .102), and the Raiders had seven aces.
 
The Marauders did not qualify for the PSAC WVB postseason this season, going 0-13 in conference play entering the weekend.
 
Millersville is hitting .128 this season, while their opponents hit at .213. The Marauders have 910 kills and 512 errors in attack. Millersville has 151 aces this season, averaging about 1.6 per set, while their opponents are at 188, averaging two aces per set this season. Millersville has 147 total blocks this season, a little over 1.5 per set, while their opponents have 148 blocks, averaging 1.6 blocks per set. The opposition has a 15.9 digs per set average, while the Marauders post 14 digs per set. 
 
Senior Alex Nava leads the Marauders with 188 kills this season, averaging 2.41 kills per set and hitting at .102. Nava recorded a season-high 21 kills and 22 digs against Jefferson for the Marauders on October 1^st. She posted 15 kills and 21 digs against Wilmington in the five-set win, then had eleven kills, one ace, and 15 digs in the loss to Shippensburg on Friday. She had two kills in three sets against the Falcons on October 9^th, posting a -.188 for the match.
 
First-year outside hitter Marissa Storti is second on the team with 128 kills this season, with 1.60 kills per set and hitting at .100. Storti is second on the team with 28 service aces and is third on the team with 175 digs, and she has four matches with ten or more kills. Storti's best came with 14 kills against West Virginia State on August 29^th, where she also had 17 digs. She posted a season-high 25 digs and 13 kills in a win against Jefferson back on October 1^st. Marissa had two combined kills and 15 digs in two matches last week, posting 14 digs in the loss to Shippensburg. She had seven kills on .227 hitting against the Falcons in their first match-up.
 
Sophomore middle hitter Hailey Lazur is third on the team with 120 kills this season, with 1.52 kills per set and hitting at .226. Lazur set a season-high in three matches this year with nine kills against Georgian Court (10/5), Bowie State (10/20), and Wilmington (10/29), hitting .571 against Wilmington in the win. Against Shippensburg, she had seven kills on .273 hitting in the loss. She leads the team with 71.0 total blocks. She had five kills and two blocks in the win against Lackawanna earlier this season.
 
First-year setter Addison Reustle leads the Marauders in helpers, posting 494 assists this season. Reustle averages 5.61 assists per game, and she has 18 service aces this season, while also posting 38 kills. She's fifth on the team with 136 digs this year. She has ten matches with 20-or-more assists, posting a season-high 57 assists and 16 digs against Wilmington in the five-set win last week, followed by 32 assists and 11 digs against Shippensburg on Friday. She had 17 assists and three kills against the Falcons on October 9^th.
 
The head coach for Millersville is Brian Smith, now in his 17th season as the program's head coach. Smith has coached 21 All-PSAC honorees since taking over in 2010, which includes 2019 PSAC Athlete of the Year Jayci Suseland and three-time honoree Brooklyn Smith, who was also named PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Year in 2013. Smith inherited a program that had missed the postseason for four consecutive seasons and had not posted an above-.500 record in a decade, but quickly turned around the Marauders' fortunes with a postseason appearance in 2012. Millersville held a 16-16 record and 11-11 conference mark in 2013, marking the program's first .500 league record since 2005. Smith's best year came in 2019, when Millersville made the PSAC quarterfinals and won a program-best 26 matches, earning an NCAA tournament bid and winning a tournament match with Shippensburg. Smith has 224 career wins at Millersville, tops in program history. He was an assistant for three seasons before taking over the program, and was a club volleyball coach and an assistant at Franklin & Marshall before that. Smith is a Millersville graduate and a former US Marine, where he played volleyball for the All-Marine Corps Team. 
 
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This weekend's contest are the final games for the Falcons in their application year. Lackawanna, pending NCAA acceptance, will compete in the PSAC as a conference member next season.