Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LOCK HAVEN, P.A. - The Bloomfield College Bears women's volleyball team won their opening game of the season defeating the Lake Erie Storm in five sets on Day 1 of the Lock Haven Tournament this afternoon. Junior transfer standout Diannmarie Rivera (Trujillo, P.R./CIEM Private) had 13 kills and 15 digs for the Bears during the match. Bloomfield College fell 1-3 to California University (P.A.) in the second contest of the day earning them a split so far in tournament action at Lock Haven.

Lake Erie won the first two sets, 25-13 and 25-15 to pull out to a commanding 2-0 lead in the match. The Bears growled back en route to 25-22 victory in the third set and wouldn't be denied in the fourth, taking a 26-24 win to force a fifth and deciding set. Bloomfield weathered the Storm to claim a 15-13 win and complete the amazing comeback to open their season. The Bears recorded 10 blocks in the match while Lake Erie managed 4 on the afternoon. Freshman middle hitter Alex Glasper (Hainesport, N.J./Rancocas Valley Regional) had a solid game with 7 kills and 6 blocks for Bloomfield.

The second match of the day would begin the same as the first with the Bears surrendering the opening sets 25-21 and 25-13 to Cal U. Bloomfield would claw back to take set three, 25-23 however the Vulcans would closeout the match with a 25-17 victory in set four. Rivera added 9 kills and 17 digs to her totals for the day and senior setter Karol Oliveros (Newark, N.J./Science Park) registered 25 assists and 8 digs during the match.

Oliveros finished Day 1 of the Lock Haven Tournament with 42 assists and 14 digs while redshirt freshman libero Samantha Rios (Juncos, P.R./Jose Collazo Colon) notched 44 digs in two contests for the Bears. The trio of Oliveros Rios and Rivera accounted for 70.3% of Bloomfield's total digs on the day.

The Bears will hibernate for the night and be back in action tomorrow morning at 9:00am to face the tournament hosts, Lock Haven University. Bloomfield will conclude their season opening road trip at 1:00pm when they face the Timberwolves of Northwood University. Continue to check back here at bcbearsathletics.com for updates and scores on all of your Bloomfield College Bears sports teams. Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/bcbearsathletics and also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Go_BCBears