Lady Barons Lose Close Contest to Bethany

STEUBENVILLE, OH - The Lady Barons of Franciscan University of Steubenville hosted Bethany College in their second match of the season on Wednesday night, losing 18-25, 25-21, 15-25, 21-25.  With the loss, the Lady Barons fell to 1-1 (0-0) on the season.

Meghann Maccoun was the offensive standout for the Lady Barons on the night, recording 10 kills.  Teammate Anna Cain contributed 9 kills, while Meg Kay had 5.  Captains Paddy Scott and Teresa Marcotte carried the team in assists on the night, registering 12 and 11, respectively.  Libero Nicole Henson was once again the team's defensive leader, registering 15 digs on the night.  Paddy Scott had chipped in defensively with 8 digs, while Teresa Marcotte had 8.  The team also suffered an injury to star middle hitter Ali Aeschliman, who was sidelined early in the first game and did not return.

"We can play a lot better than this," Lady Barons coach Kelly Herrmann remarked in a post-game interview.  "We had too many errors, and, at times, we played a little too frantically instead of confidently, and that comes with not having played together enough.  We need to get to a point where we can maintain our composure and not become frantic.  We have to believe that we're good enough.  We saw signs of that in our match tonight.  Ali's injury will be challenging to us, but we have enough depth to cope with it.  On the whole, we need to have less errors, more consistency.  If we trust each other on the court, and I know that we will win." 

The Lady Barons' next contest is a tournament at La Roche College.  The Lady Barons will face Penn State-Beaver at 3:30 p.m., and then will take on Bethany College at 8 p.m.