FROSTBURG, Md. – The Frostburg State women's volleyball team lost both games in the double-header against the Alderson Broaddus Battlers. The Bobcats fell in the first match in five sets by scores of 25-14, 25-12, 25-22, 25-12, 15-10. Frostburg fell in the second match of the night again losing in five sets by scores of 25-23, 25-20, 25-14, 25-20, 15-9. First-year Beverly Braun led the Bobcats with 36 kills in both games while sophomore Edwyna Lainez registered 85 assists on the night. 
 
The losses drop FSU to 0-4 on the season while Alderson Broaddus moves to 2-3. 
 
Frostburg won the opening set of the match beating the Battlers by a score of 25-14. The Bobcats went on a 6-point run early in the set that was capped off by a service ace by sophomore Bianca Smalls. FSU finished off the set with four straight points and a kill by first-year McKaily Thomson-Moran. 

The second set went in the Battlers favor with Frostburg falling 25-12. The Bobcats had a push mid set with three straight points and a kill each for Braun and Laken Michael. 
After giving up three points to start the third set FSU got on the board with a kill from Michael. From there, FSU went on to have a strong third totaling 16 kills in total. The third set was back and forth with the FSU winning the set 25-22 on a block by Michael.    

The fourth set started the same way the third set ended with a block for the Bobcats by Michael and senior Raven Pratt. FSU and AB traded points until the Battlers pulled away halfway through the set. The final score for the set 25-12.  
Frostburg started the fifth set of with kill from Braun making the score 1-1. FSU jumped out to a lead after a kill from sophomore Haley Altemus. The Bobcats tied the set back up at 9-9 on a service ace from Lainez. A timely kill from Pratt made the score 14-10. The match ended with Alderson Broaddus winning 15-10.  

Game 2 
The first set of the match was started off with a kill by Braun making the score 2-1. Sophomore McKenna Houser had a service ace to give the Bobcats a 11-10 lead.  Houser made a crucial dig that led to a kill by Braun. That was followed up by a service ace by Smalls to make the score 16-15. Pratt had a powerful kill to put FSU up 21-19. The set went to the Battlers 25-23.  
 
The second set started off by the teams trading points. Braun had back-to-back kills to swing momentum into the Bobcats favor. After the 6 point scoring run, FSU was leading 11-7. A block from Michael gave Frostburg the lead again at 14-13. The Bobcats finished off the second set winning 25-20. 
 
Michael gave the Bobcats an early kill in the third to make the score 4-2 Battlers. Thomson-Moran's middle hit kill pulled FSU within two making the score 6-8. Sophomore Jackie Sternberg had a kill late in the third set to make the score 13-23. The third set finished 25-14.  

The Bobcats got off to a good start in the set. Braun improved on the start with a kill down the line making the lead 9-5. Lainez picked up a service ace for Frostburg and making the score 13-8. Sterenberg had four kills in the later portion of the set to help push FSU to a 25-20 win. 
 
In the second fifth set of the night Frostburg's scoring was started of by a kill by Braun. Pratt got a kill for Frostburg to pull them back within three and a score of 7-10. After a hard-fought match Alderson Broaddus finished of the fifth set 15-9.
 
The Bobcats play again Tuesday, February 23^rd at home when they host the Wheeling Cardinals. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. For up-to-date information, or to watch the game or follow live stats, go to www.frostburgsports.com.