PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Caldwell College volleyball team lost two matches at a tri-match at Holy Family University Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, Pa. The day began with a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference loss to the host Tigers, 30-15, 30-20, 30-28. Then against the University of the District of Columbia, the Cougars fell 30-24, 23-30, 30-28, 30-22 to drop to 0-8 on the year. Statistics from the Holy Family match are not available.

In the UDC match, the Cougars tied the match at 1-1 by winning Game 2, 30-23. Freshman outside hitter Cory Roesing (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus) set career highs with 19 kills and 16 digs for the Cougars, while freshman setter Kendra Kane (Secaucus, NJ/Lacordaire Acad.) recorded a career-best 38 assists. Besides Roesing defensively, junior Laura DeVico (Maywood, NJ/Hackensack) had 11 digs and sophomore Elizabeth Newcomb (Redondo Beach, CA/Redondo Union) and freshman Kathleen Estes (Lyndhurst, NJ/Lyndhurst) each had 10 digs. Also, freshman Keesha Francois (Elkins Park, PA/Cheltenham) recorded four solo blocks to go with one block assist.

Next up for Caldwell is a CACC match at Nyack College on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. in Nyack, N.Y.

CC (0) - 15 20 28
HFU (3) - 30 30 30

CC (1) - 24 30 28 22
UDC (3) - 30 23 30 30