Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Chatham Cougar volleyball team dropped a pair of matches on the opening night of the season, falling 3-0 against Geneva College and then dropping a 3-0 decision to Thiel College.
 
In the opening match of the 2014 season, the Cougars faced off against Geneva, losing 3-0. Chatham dropped three consecutive sets 25-8, 25-8, and 25-13. The Cougars saw positive play from multiple players in the opening match, including three digs, two kills, and an ace from sophomore outside hitter Heathir McIntyre. First year outside hitter Ava Iuliucci, finished the match with six digs and one ace. Other highlights came from the play of first year Mckenna Gamble and junior Jessica "Hunter" Milroy, each contributing four digs. 
 
The Cougars played the Tomcats of Thiel for their second game, falling 3-0 with set scores of 25-9, 25-10, and 25-11. Chatham saw improved play throughout the night. McIntyre picked up where she left off in the first match with a stat line of nine digs and three kills; Milroy, with nine digs and two kills; First Year middle hitter Iman Morgan stood out in the second match with eight digs and two kills and Senior outside hitter Brittany DeMeno added seven digs.      
 
Chatham will resume play on Friday, September 5th when they travel across Pittsburgh to take part in a weekend tournament at La Roche College.
 
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Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pa., has a long history of commitment to global understanding, women's leadership and the environment. Chatham is the alma mater of environmental icon, Rachel Carson, and is recognized today as a leader in the field of sustainability, having been selected for The Princeton Review's Green College Guide, listing four years in a row, named to Sierra magazine's list of top 25 "cool schools" and mentioned in a 2012 Forbes article as one of the places "Contributing to Pittsburgh's transformation into a destination for green living."
 
Building on these accomplishments, Chatham opened in 2014 the world's first fully sustainable campus in higher education, Eden Hall Campus, with completion of the first stage of construction on its 20-year master plan. Rising 19 spots over, the past four years, in the, US News & World Reports, Best Colleges rankings, Chatham works to prepare its 2,000+ undergraduate and graduate students in the fields driving tomorrow's economy—sustainability, health sciences, business and communication, and the arts and sciences.
 
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