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College Volleyball Game Results Yesterday 10/2: Hartford vs. Stony Brook

West Hartford, CT – The University of Hartford women’s volleyball team dropped its conference opener by a 3-0 final to the Stony Brook Seawolves at the Reich Family Pavilion on Friday night. Hartford was led in the match by freshman hitter Kami Nethersole (Cortlandt Manor, NY) who finished with eight kills. 

Hartford struggled to find its way hitting all night, finishing with only 28 kills and suffering 25 errors in 106 total attempts for a .028 hitting percentage. Nethersole finished the match hitting .160 from the field with four errors in 25 total attacks. Sophomore Michelle Cordell (Orlando, FL) led the Hawks hitting efforts with a .312 hitting percentage, finishing with seven kills and two errors in 16 total hits. 

Junior setter Lindsay Ford (Carson, NV) finished with 24 assists, while tying senior Maddison Molyneux (Caledon, Ontario) with a team-high nine digs. Also leading the way defensively was Cordell who finished with eight digs. Hartford had just one block in the match, a solo block from senior Erin Macro (Lincoln,RI), who was  honored prior to the match for achieving her 1,000^thcareer kill in the Hawks loss to Columbia on September 26. 

The Seawolves were led by Ashley Headen and Harmonie Calinda who both finished with a match-high 10 kills. The two both hit better than .300 with each finishing with two errors, Headen taking 20 total attacks (.400) and Calinda taking 26 total swings (.308). As a team, the Seawolves hit .315 for the match with 38 kills and only nine errors in 92 total hits. 

Hartford will continue conference play when they welcome the UMBC Retrievers to the Sports Center on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

 

 

 

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Cal Poly vs. UC Riverside

Arizona falls to UCLA

 

No. 19 Wildcats win opening set, then drop next three to No. 14 Bruins for first loss of the season. 

 

TUCSON, Ariz. – The No. 19 Arizona volleyball team suffered its first loss of the season tonight, falling to No. 14 UCLA in four sets, 22-25, 27-25, 25-14 and 25-13.

 

“We didn’t execute well, said head coach Dave Rubio. “I tell the girls all the time that the team that is going to win is the team that executes the best. We didn’t execute well at all after the first set. My hat’s off to UCLA. They came in here pretty down and they responded very well against us.”

 

After the Wildcats (12-1, 1-1) stormed out to a 16-9 lead in the first game, UCLA (11-4, 1-1) staged a comeback with seven straight points to gain some confidence after being down early.  The Cats eventually would go onto take the set, but the damage, in some respect, had already been done.

 

Set two remained close throughout as there were five lead changes and nine score ties.  UCLA would capture the set 27-25 after Dana Hutchinson recorded an attack error.  The play was questioned by Rubio after the south linesman signaled UCLA had committed an error, but the head referee over-ruled him. Following the play, Rubio received a red card and UCLA was awarded a point in set three.

 

The Bruins, with the momentum of the set two win, went on to take sets three and four as neither game was in doubt.  Dicey McGraw led UCLA with 20 kills on .350 hitting while Lauren Cook had 43 assists overall.

 

“From this match, we learn a lot about what it takes to prepare for an opponent of that caliber,” said junior setter Paige Weber. “You re-learn what this conference is all about. You learn that a team can take a beating one night and come out the next night and play like UCLA played tonight. Everyone was talking about the record. Being 12-0 is great, but being 12-0 can also give you a false sense of security.”

 

Tiffany Owens posted double-digit kills for Arizona for the fifth consecutive match although she only hit .022 and committed 11 errors.  Alanna Resch recorded a season-high 18 digs for the Cats as the fell to 1-1 in Pac-10 play. The loss snapped Arizona’s school-record 12 straight wins to start the season.

 

 

 

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Cal Poly vs. UC Riverside

Cal Poly Sweeps UC Riverside for First Big West Win

SAN LUIS OBISPO – The Cal Poly volleyball team trailed UC Riverside just twice Saturday evening in recording both its initial Big West Conference victory of the season and ninth-consecutive win against the Highlanders with a 25-20, 25-23, 25-20 whitewash inside Mott Gym.

Cal Poly (5-10, 1-1), which improved to 39-8 in Mott Gym and recorded the program’s 25th home sweep under fifth-year head coach Jon Stevenson, received a team-high eight kills and a .500 hitting percentage from junior middle blocker Dominique Olowolafe. Six separate Mustangs recorded an ace and a further four tallied a solo block for Cal Poly, which utilized the victory to erase only the second sub.-500 Big West winning percentage during Stevenson’s tenure.

Two of freshman opposite Holly Franks’ three kills allowed the Mustangs to establish an 8-3 lead to open the match. The Highlanders (1-10, 0-2), held to a .125 hitting percentage during game No. 1, failed to close to within three points of the Mustang advantage in succumbing.

Cal Poly never led set No. 2 by more than three points, but managed to hold the advantage for the game’s entirety. Trailing, 20-17, UC Riverside claimed six of the next nine points to deadlock the game at 23-23. A serving error by Highlanders senior libero Amanda Nilsson, coupled with an ace from Mustang freshman setter Anuhea Keanini, however, swung the set in Cal Poly’s favor.

UC Riverside opened a 7-3 lead to begin the third set before a 12-7 run by the Mustangs helped Cal Poly regain its match-winning advantage.

Keanini finished with a match-best 25 assists while junior libero Alison Mort contributed 16 digs.

Cal Poly opens a four-match road trip at Cal State Fullerton Friday, Oct. 2. Match time in Titan Gym is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Mustangs next play home Friday, Oct. 16 against UC Davis at 7 p.m.

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: University of New Mexico vs. Wyoming

Lobo Volleyball Beats Wyoming, 3-1
Hadfield has 14 kills; Rhoades has career-high 12 kills with seven blocks

LARAMIE, Wyo. --- Sophomore Ashley Rhoades had a career-high 12 kills and junior Taylor Hadfield led with 14 kills as the University of New Mexico defeated Wyoming, 3-1 (25-15, 25-15, 20-25, 25-17) in Laramie on Saturday night.  The Lobos improve to 9-5 overall and 1-2 in Mountain West Conference action.

New Mexico got kills from sophomore Kelly Williamson and Rhoades along with a double block by the pair to take a 3-1 lead.  The lead extended to 7-1 as UNM capitalized on Wyoming errors.  Wyoming pulled to within four, 12-8. Kills by Hadfield, senior Anna Lehne and junior Lisa Meeter pushed the Lobo lead to 16-8.  A kill by Williamson gave the Lobos their largest lead of the set, 23-13. Rhoades and Hadfield combined on a block to finish off the set, 25-15.

Wyoming errors gave UNM a quick 3-0 lead in the second set.  A kill and a block by Rhoades bumped the Lobo lead to 5-1, before three Cowgirl kills cut the lead to 5-4. After tying the set at 6-6, kills by Rhoades, Hadfield and Meeter gave UNM a 9-6 lead.  The Lobos kept Wyoming at arm’s length for the rest of the set, pushing the final differential to 25-15.

In the third set, New Mexico let a 9-5 lead slip away, as the Cowgirls tied the set at 9-9 and started to pull away. Big kills by Wyoming and untimely attack errors by the Lobos led to a 25-20 set win for UW.

The Lobos got back on track in the fourth set.  A Lobo error cut UNM’s lead to two, 13-11, before finding a rhythm.  Junior setter Jade Michaelsen held the Lobo serve for a 7-0 run, 20-11.  UNM held on to the eight-point margin for the 25-17 win.

Meeter finished with a double-double of 11 kills-11 digs, while Michaelsen also recorded a double-double with 41 assists-10 digs.  Rhoades led the front defense with seven blocks, including two solo stops.  Hadfield recorded a season-high attack percentage of .650.

UNM returns to the friendly confines of the Johnson Center for more Mountain West Conference action on Thursday, Oct. 1 (San Diego State) and Saturday, Oct. 3 (Air Force).

-UNM-

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Arizona State vs. USC

#14 UCLA Back on Winning Track With Victory at #19 Arizona

Sept. 26, 2009 

TUCSON, Ariz. - Junior Dicey McGraw recorded a career-high 20 kills, adding 15 digs for her second straight double-double, as the 14th-ranked Bruins defeated #19 Arizona in four sets on Saturday at the McKale Center. Set scores were 22-25, 27-25, 25-14, 25-13. 

The Bruins improve to 11-4 overall and 1-1 in Pac-10 play, while the Wildcats fall to 12-1 and 1-1 in league action. 

Freshman Lauren Cook had 43 assists, six kills and six digs, while senior Kaitlin Sather was one kill shy of a double-double with nine and 12 digs. Sophomore Amanda Gil (six kills, seven blocks) and freshman Bojana Todorovic (seven kills, eight digs) also had good all-around matches. Sophomore Lainey Gera posted 21 digs and sophomore Katie Camp added six kills. The Bruins hit .299 as a team with 11 blocks. 

The Wildcats posted a wire-to-wire victory in the opener, taking an early 12-5 lead. Arizona held a 16-7 advantage before UCLA made a 5-0 run to cut its deficit to four at 16-12. Camp and Cook began the run with back-to-back kills, and following an Arizona attack error, McGraw and Cook posted kills to make it a four-point game. 

The Bruins still trailed 19-14, but a mini 3-0 run on an Arizona service error and kills by Gil and Sather made it 19-17. But UCLA could get no closer, as the teams sided out the rest of the set, with Tiffany Owens recording the set-clinching kill in a 25-22 victory. McGraw led the Bruins with five kills in the first, while Cook added three. Despite dropping the opener, the Bruins out-hit the Wildcats .286 to .282. 

UCLA broke a seven-set losing streak by winning the second to even the match. Arizona held an early 8-5 edge, but a 6-0 run by the Bruins gave them an 11-8 advantage. Camp and McGraw had kills to open the run, while Cook and Camp teamed up for a block, as the Bruins also benefitted from three Arizona attack errors. The Wildcats tied it back up at 12, but a 5-1 run upped the visitors advantage to four at 17-13. McGraw had a kill and an ace, Sather and Todorovic also added spikes and Gil recorded a solo block during the run. 

The Wildcats came back though with eight of the next 10 to go ahead 21-19. The Bruins then netted three straight on a Todorovic kill and ace and an attack error to go ahead 22-21. Arizona re-took the advantage at 23-22, but back-to-back points on a McGraw kill and a Gera ace gave the Bruins set point at 24-23. The Wildcats sided out on the first set point, but a McGraw kill gave the Bruins another one at 25-24. Arizona staved off its second set point, but a Cook kill and an Arizona attack error on UCLA’s third set point gave the visitors a 27-25 win. McGraw had six kills in the second, Todorovic added four and Cook posted three. The Bruins out-hit the Wildcats .189 to .070. 

The Bruins led from start to finish in the third to take a 2-1 lead. Ahead 4-3, UCLA scored five in a row to take a 9-3 advantage. The run began with a McGraw kill and a Gil/Sather combo block. Following an Arizona error, Sather had a spike and Gil and McGraw teamed up for a roof. The Bruins took their first double-digit lead at 17-7 following a mini 3-0 run that ended in a kill by McGraw. 

UCLA led by as many as 11 on multiple occasions. The Bruins won the third 25-14 following a kill by freshman Rachael Kidder on their second set point. McGraw once again led the Bruins with five kills, while Sather had three kills and three blocks. The Bruins hit .571, producing 14 kills and two errors in 21 attacks, adding four blocks. The Wildcats hit just .033. 

For good measure, the Bruins had another wire-to-wire victory in the fourth. UCLA scored the first point on a Cook solo block, and after an Arizona sideout, McGraw had a kill and three straight Wildcat attack errors made it 5-1 Bruins. Still up by four at 12-8, UCLA scored six in a row to break it open. Following an Arizona attack error, McGraw had a kill to make it 14-8. The Wildcats called a timeout, but the Bruins scored four straight after the break on a Gera ace, a Gil/McGraw combo block, a Gil kill and an Arizona attack error to increase the advantage to 18-8. 

The Wildcats got no closer than eight the rest of the way. Leading 21-13, the Bruins scored the final four points of the match to win it 25-13 on an Arizona service and setting error and back-to-back aces by sophomore Amber McBenttez. Just like she did for the first three sets, McGraw paced the Bruins with four kills, with Sather adding three. UCLA hit .321 as a team, with 10 kills and only one error in 28 swings. Arizona swung at an .022 clip in the fourth. 

Owens led the Wildcats with 12 kills, as Arizona hit .101 as a team. 

After a 15-match road swing to start the season, the Bruins open up their home schedule next weekend against Stanford on Friday and California on Saturday. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion, with Gametracker and free audio available on UCLABruins.com. 

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College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Arizona State vs. USC

TEMPE, Ariz. – Even with Sarah Reaves’ 20 kills on the day and solid defense at the net, the No. 13 USC Women of Troy proved too tough for the ASU Volleyball team Saturday night as the Sun Devils fell 25-22, 21-25, 25-21 and 25-22 to fall to 11-3 on the season as USC improves to 12-2.

The first set saw ASU come out a bit sluggish as six attack errors saw the ASU offense a bit off-kilter as Alex Jupiter and the Women of Troy stormed the court with a .260 attack average as Jupiter led the attack with nine kills en route to USC’s 25-22 win in the first set.

ASU put it back together in the second set though as they rebounded with a .286 attack percentage with Sarah Reaves getting the job done with six kills while the Sun Devils held it down at the net with two blocks on the Women of Troy and forcing five attack errors.

Set three proved to be a tougher battle with eight tie scores and three lead changes, but ASU just couldn’t contain Jupiter on the outside with seven more kills while the USC defense posted three blocks.

ASU wasn’t ready to go quietly though as they pushed USC to 11 tie scores and three lead changes again in the fourth set that proved to be a fight as Sarah Reaves dropped five kills and Sofie Schlagintweit and Ashley Kelty combined for 11 digs to keep ASU in it. The Sun Devils defense also stepped up for four blocks with Cat Highmark and Erica Wilson collecting two block assists apiece. In the end the effort wasn’t enough though as USC squeaked by with a 25-22 win, assisted by ASU’s eight attack errors.

On the match Head Coach Jason Watson stated, “I thought we learned some valuable lessons today. There are so many details that go into winning a match and USC did a great job doing those things. We saw today more of what we need to work on, though tonight’s match showed positives too. I thought we hung tough, we just need to play better for a longer period of time and put together the details that will allow us a better chance of success.”

Up next, the Sun Devils take to the road next weekend as they head to the Pacific Northwest to take on the No. 3 Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars. A State faces Washington Friday, Oct. 2 and WSU Saturday, Oct. 3, both at 7 p.m. PT.

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: UC Riverside vs. Cal Poly

San Luis Obispo, CA - The UC Riverside volleyball team completed their Central Coast weekend on Saturday night with a 3-0 loss at Cal Poly at Mott Gymnasium. The Highlanders were close in each match but fell 25-20, 25-23, and 25-20. Senior Dominique Cowling led all players with 14 kills as UCR dropped to 0-2 in Big West play and 1-10 on the season.

After falling behind after the first two sets, the Highlanders opened up the third set with a 9-5 advantage after a Mustang (5-10, 1-1) error. UCR then led 13-10 midway through the set off a Cowling kill before Cal Poly rallied and tied things up at 14 apiece. The Highlanders failed to put a rally of their own together, however, as the Mustangs outscored the blue and gold 11-6 down the stretch as they took home the set and match win.

Freshman Shelby LeDuff posted a game-high and career-high four block assists on the night, while Amanda Nilsson recorded a team-high nine digs and Brittney Murrey posted 25 assists.

UC Riverside continues Big West play with their first home match of the season on Friday, October 2 against UC Davis at 7:30 pm at the Student Recreation Center.

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Eastern Washington vs. Weber State

After 2-0 road trip, Eastern Washington now returns home for four straight matches

Box Score

The Eastern Washington University volleyball team hit .390 in a 25-16, 25-21, 26-24 road sweep of Weber State on Saturday evening (Sept. 26), improving to 4-0 in Big Sky Conference play with the win. The Eagles completed a 2-0 road trip tonight after rallying from 2-0 down to defeat Idaho State 3-2 the night before.

The hitting percentage attained by the Eagles tonight was by far their highest in the season up to this point, as the previous season high was .245 in a 3-1 win over San Jose State on Sept. 30. The last time EWU hit that well came in a 3-0 win over Northern Colorado on Nov. 8, 2008. The Eagles hit .416 that night.

Eastern was able to attack through the middle with relative ease. Sara Todorovich hit at a .583 clip tonight (8-1-12), while Chenoa Coviare recorded a .526 hitting percentage (12-2-19).

"Our middles have matched up well with the team we have played against, which also makes life easier for our outside hitters," head coach Miles Kydd said.

Also, Hamilton combined 43 assists (an impressive total in a three-set match) with a .750 hitting percentage (6-0-8). Jacque Brown also played impressively, hitting .400 tonight (5-1-10).

Hayley Hills contributed 12 kills to move her career total to 1,217, which ties the senior for the third-highest kill sum in school history (Kellie Glaus had 1,217 from 1992-95). Next on the list, in second place, is Janelle Ruen. She tallied 1,268 putaways from 1999-2002.

Defensively, Coviare and Alysha Cook contributed four blocks apiece in tonight's win, while Brown set the team pace in digs with nine.

Eastern Washington controlled the first set throughout, going up 18-8 before prevailing 25-16. The second set saw Weber State play closer to the Eagles, never trailing by more than five, but EWU was able to keep the Wildcats at bay in a 25-21 win.

The third set was tight throughout, as Weber State twice went up by three, 3-0 and 13-10, and even took a late 22-21 advantage. However, the Eagles quickly scored twice to go up 23-22, and the teams traded points until Eastern scored two straight to claim a 26-24 win. The teams were tied 14 different times, including at every point from 19-19 to 24-24.

The Eagles improved to 8-5 with the win and are one of just two league teams with undefeated Big Sky marks (Northern Colorado is 3-0). Meanwhile, Weber State dropped to 2-12, 1-3 in Big Sky play. However, the Wildcats have shown they can be dangerous, which was proven last night when WSU defeated defending Big Sky Tournament champion Portland State 3-2.

"Weber State is an athletic team that throws a lot of different looks at you, so if they get into system they can be a tough team to play against," Kydd said. "They are not a team to be taken lightly, that's for sure."

The Eagles now head home to play host to four consecutive contests, starting with a Wednesday evening (Sept. 30) non-conference match with Idaho. The Vandals are 5-7 and play at No. 4 Hawai'i tonight before taking on the Eagles.

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Denver vs. North Texas

DU Volleyball Sweeps North Texas 3-0 to Open SBC Play

Senior Emmy Davidsmeyer leads Pioneers with 14 kills to open conference play with 3-0 win over Mean Green

 

DENVER – The University of Denver volleyball team (6-9, 1-0 SBC) opened up conference play with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-20) sweep of the visiting North Texas Mean Green (4-11, 0-1 SBC) on Saturday evening in Hamilton Gymnasium as senior Emmy Davidsmeyer(Colorado Springs, Colo.) led the way with 14 kills and a .550 hitting percentage.

 

“I think we played a great match this evening,” said head coach Beth Kuwata. “There were definitely some areas that we struggled with, but I think overall we had a great effort from our entire team. Emmy followed up the great performance that she had the night before with another solid match and she is proving why she is one of the top hitters in the Sun Belt.”

 

Along with Davidsmeyer’s 14 kills, the senior also turned in six blocks for the Pioneers, while sophomore Jordan Raines (Coppell, Texas) added 12 kills and nine digs. Libero Kacie Wikierak (Crystal Lake, Ill.) also turned in a strong performance with nine digs, one assist and one service ace.

 

Coming off a career-high performance against Northern Colorado, senior Alexis Ninos(Cypress, Texas) finished the night with nine kills and five blocks, while setter Kresson Vreeman (Raymond, Minn.) tallied 41 assists and two service aces.

 

Amy Huddleston led the way for the Mean Green with 11 kills , while Kati Dillard finished with eight. Setter Kayla Saey tallied 30 assists while libero Sarah Willey posted six digs.

 

Up next for the Pioneers is a three-match road trip through Louisiana, beginning with an Oct. 1 match against New Orleans at 6 p.m. MT. Denver then faces Louisiana-Monroe and Louisiana-Lafayette on back-to-back nights before returning to the Mile-High City for an Oct. 9 match-up with Florida International.

 

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College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Ohio State vs. Northwestern

Buckeyes Sweep Northwestern for First Conference Victory

Release: 09/26/2009

Related:    Ohio State Box Score COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State (13-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) women's volleyball team posted a 3-0 (25-13, 27-25, 25-21) sweep at Northwestern (9-5, 0-2) Saturday in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Ohio State's Katie Dull recorded a team-high 13.5 points in the win with 10 kills, one ace serve, one solo block and three assist blocks. Buckeye Emily Danks added 12 points with eight kills, three ace serves and two assist blocks. Wildcat Sabel Moffett posted a match-high 16.5 points for Northwestern with 15 kills, a solo block and one assist block. Ohio State opened set one with a Dull kill and a Wildcat error for a 2-0 lead. At 6-4, kills from Kelli Barhorst and Danks opened an 8-4 lead. A Naomi Johnson kill cut the lead to three at 9-6. Kills from Barhorst and Dull and an OSU error made it 11-7. Buckeye kills from Danks and Dull and an ace serve from Danks made it 14-7. A Dull solo block and back-to-back aces from Danks made the lead 10 at 17-7. OSU held the lead reaching set point at 24-13 off a Wildcat error. Ohio State won the set, 25-13, off a Northwestern error to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Ohio State hit .500 for the set to .042 for the Wildcats. After a Danks kill opened set two, Northwestern, with two kills from Alexandra Ayers, one from Moffett, a Buckeye error and a Susan Oxnard ace serve took a 5-1 lead. The Wildcats expanded the lead to seven at 16-9 before an Anna Szerszen kill, her ace serve and a Barhorst-Dull block cut the margin to four at 16-12. Trailing, 20-16, kills from Dull and Barhorst and a Wildcat error made it 20-19. At 22-21, a Northwestern error tied the set at 22. An ace serve from Szerszen gave Ohio State a 23-22 lead. A Buckeye error tied the set at 23. Northwestern took a 24-23 lead with an Ariel Baxterbeck kill and had set point. A block from Barhorst and Dull tie the set at 24. A Wildcat error gave OSU a 25-24 lead and set point. Northwestern tied the set at 25 with a Moffett kill. A Wildcat error made it 26-25 and set point for the Buckeyes. Ohio State won the set, 27-25 with a kill from Dozier to take a 2-0 lead in the match. The Buckeyes hit .222 for the set while Northwestern hit .174. Barhorst, with a kill, gave Ohio State a 1-0 lead in the third set. A Buckeye error, a Moffett solo block and her kill gave Northwestern a 3-1 lead. Trailing, 11-9, a Dozier kill and a Wildcat error tied the set at 11. Kills from Allie Schwarzwalder and Dozier gave Ohio State a 13-11 lead. At 16-14, blocks by Barhorst and Danks and Barhorst and Dull opened up an 18-14 lead. With Northwestern trailing 22-18, a Moffett kill and a Buckeye error cut the Ohio State lead to two at 22-20. Kills from Schwarzwalder and Moffett moved the score to 23-21. The Buckeyes reached match point at 24-21 with a kill from Schwarzwalder. A Wildcat error ended the set at 25-21 to give Ohio State a 3-0 sweep in the match. Ohio State hit .347 for the match while Northwestern hit .140. The Buckeyes had a 46-33 advantage in kills and a 6-1 margin in ace servers. OSU's Danks posted a match-high three aces in the contest. The Buckeyes gave up 10 service errors to two for the Wildcats. Defensively, Northwestern had a 42-38 edge in digs. OSU's Chelsea Noble and NU's Kate Nobilio shared match-high honors with 14 digs each. At the net, Ohio State had an 8-3 advantage in team blocks. Barhorst posted a match-high six assist blocks for the Buckeyes. At setter, OSU's Betsy Hone recorded a match-high 39 assists in the match. Northwestern's Elyse Glab had 28 assists. The Buckeyes return to St. John Arena to start a three-match home stand next Friday against Wisconsin (5-6, 0-2). OSU then hosts Iowa (9-5, 1-1) Saturday. Both matches begin a 7 p.m. ET ### OhioStateBuckeyes.com ###

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Wake Forest vs. Maryland

*McIntyre and Fornah Lead Wake Forest To 3-1 Win At Maryland*

Deacons win fourth straight match

September 26, 2009

*COLLEGE PARK**, Md. – *Junior Lauren McIntyre had a career-high 18 kills and sophomore Kadija Fornah hit a career-best .467 to lead the Wake Forest volleyball team to a 3-1 win at the Maryland Saturday evening.

The win was the fourth straight for the Demon Deacons who improve to 4-10 on the year and 2-1 in the ACC. Maryland falls to 9-7 overall and 1-2 in the conference.

The Terrapins took an early 1-0 after winning the first set 25-19 but the Deacs rebounded with a 25-19 victory in set two to head into break tied at 1-1. Wake then won the third set 25-22 and cruised to a 25-12 victory in the fourth.

McIntyre had a tremendous match, notching a career-high 18 kills and hitting a stunning .739 on 23 attempts. Her .739 hitting percentage was by far the best of her career. Fornah had 15 kills and hit a career-best .467 on 30 attempts.

Freshman Andrea Beck was the third Demon Deacon in double-digit kills with 10 while she also added a team-high three blocks. Junior setter Kelsey Jones dished out a season-high 50 assists and outside hitter Kristen White was one kill away from her third straight double-double, finishing with nine kills and 11 digs.

Junior libero Megan Thornberry was playing in just her second match of the season and recorded a match-high 17 digs.

Katie Usher led the Terrapins with 14 kills while Lisa Scott chipped in with 13. Bethany Springer and Sam Rosario each collected 12 digs while setter Taylor Jones finished with 43 assists.

Wake hit a season-best .363 on the night with a total of 63 kills. In the fourth set, the Deacons had 18 kills with just one error for a .773 hitting percentage. Maryland also had a good night attacking, hitting a solid .281.

With the score tied at 5-5 in the first set, a kill from Usher sparked a 15-8 Maryland run to open up a commanding 20-13 lead. UM would eventually go on to win the set 25-19.

Usher had six kills in the set while McIntyre posted five kills for the Deacs.

The second set started out pretty even but Wake used an 11-6 run to open-up a 16-10 lead. UM would pull to within two on three different occasions but the Deacs closed the set on a 4-0 run to win 25-19. McIntyre had another five kills in the set while Beck and White each chipped in with four.

Wake used the momentum from the second set to build an early 10-5 lead in the third and eventually led by eight at 19-11 but a kill from Maddi Lee sparked an 8-2 Terrapin run to close to within two at 21-19. Wake then got a kill from Fornah and two from McIntyre to finish off the set 25-22. Fornah had seven kills and hit a solid .545 in the set.

The fourth set was all Wake as a kill from Thornberry spurned the Deacs on a 15-4 run to finish off the match with a 25-12 victory. Jones served for eight-straight points during the run and McInytre put away all five of her attacks in the set. Fornah had four kills on five attempts and Beck notched two of her three blocks in the frame.

Wake will return home next weekend for a pair of matches against Virginia Tech and Virginia. The Deacons will entertain the Hokies in a 7 pm match on Friday evening and then will host Virginia at 7 pm on Saturday.

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Drake vs. Indiana State

Drake Falls At Indiana State

TERRE HAUTE, IND. - The Drake volleyball team lost its second Missouri Valley Conference match of the season, falling to Indiana State, 3-0, (28-30, 21-25, 22-25). The loss snapped a six-match winning streak against the Sycamores.

Drake moves to 11-5 overall, including a 2-2 MVC mark.

"Overall it was a disappointing night after such a great win last night," said Drake head coach Phil McDaniel. "They came out ready to play and we just didn't match their intensity.

Junior outside hitters Angela Bys (Marion, Iowa/Marion) and Alisa DeBerg Roth (Hudson, Iowa/Hudson) and redshirt freshman middle blocker Emily Heffernen (Manchester, Iowa/West Delaware) led the Bulldogs with seven kills apiece.

Senior setter Chelsea Lauersdorf (Watertown, Wis./Watertown) had a team-high 24 assists along with six kills and seven digs. Sophomore setter Caitlin Johnson (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore Community) added eight assists and seven digs in the effort.

Senior outside hitter Emily Madden (Van Meter, Iowa/Adel DeSoto Minburn) had 10 digs, six kills and three block assists and sophomore middle blocker Michelle Reidy (Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert Catholic) added six kills and a team-high five block assists.

Team numbers were close as the Bulldogs held a slight advantage in kills (44-42), assists (42-41) and blocks (8-5). The Sycamores bettered Drake in hitting percentage (.153-.146) and digs (61-55), while service aces were even at three apiece.

The Bulldogs continues MVC play, hosting Missouri State Friday (Oct. 2) and Wichita State, Saturday (Oct. 3). Each match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: IPFW vs. Centenary

Shreveport, LA – IPFW sophomore Alli Hook tied the school’s three-set school record for blocks in a match, with 11 against the Ladies of Centenary, as the Mastodons swept the hosts 3-0, 25-21, 25-20, 25-16.

Hook’s block total ties a pair of Claire Jackson efforts, against Texas-Pan American on September 22, 2006, and against Evansville on September 25, 2004, as the most in a three-set match in school history, and is tied for the fourth most in school history, regardless of the length of the match.

Rebekah Roehm reached double figures in the kill column for the ninth straight match behind her 16, and classmate Jamie Schwartz picked up 11 digs, her eighth straight double-figure total. Roehm’s 16 kills were double that of the next highest individual total in the match, the eight by Jennifer Kunze of Centenary, as Hook added seven in the winning effort for IPFW. Maya Schlindwein served up a pair of aces with Shannon Reuter dishing out 35 assists.

The first set started as a back-and-forth effort, with the teams tied at 15 past the midway point of the set. While the younger Centenary squad was able to hold close through that point, IPFW ran off four straight tallies, on a Roehm block, a Taryn Parker block, a Schwartz service ace, and a Centenary attack error, pushing the Mastodons ahead 19-15.

Centenary made a late push to close the deficit to one at 22-21, before IPFW ended the match on three straight points, a Stephanie Lamberti kill, a Schlindwein kill, and a Lamberti/Hook combination block, giving the Mastodons the 25-21 opening set win.

IPFW wasted little time in opening the second set, as the ‘Dons jumped ahead 7-3. The Ladies fought back, and eventually took a three-point lead on two occasions, at 13-10 and 15-12, the latter of the two spawning a Mastodon rally, as IPFW out-scored Centenary 13-5 over the remainder of the frame, as IPFW cruised to the 25-20 second-set win.

The third set started with a Roehm/Parker combo block, and ended on a Roehm kill, and in between IPFW carried the momentum gained at the end of the second set, and put together two runs each of four and three points, as the ‘Dons trailed only briefly in the visitors’ 25-16 final-set win, behind five of Hook's blocks in the match.

Kunze had eight kills in the losing effort, and Christina Fellows had six kills, as the IPFW defense, which had 13 blocks, held the Ladies to a .039 attack percentage (28 kills, 24 errors, 102 attempts). Jaclyn Lopez had a double-double with 22 assists and 10 digs, with Brianna Kern adding a match-high 13 digs in the win.

The Mastodons keep to the road for their next two games, as they travel to Dayton, Ohio, to take on the Wright State University Raiders on Tuesday, September 29, with first-serve set for 7:00 PM, before capping the week with a one-match weekend against Oakland University on Friday, October 2.

~Dons~

 

College Volleyball Game Results 9/26: Indiana upsets #16 Michigan State

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.- The Indiana University volleyball team notched a big win Saturday night, taking out No. 16 Michigan State three sets to one (25-29, 18-25, 25-23, 25-18).  The Hoosiers improved to 12-4 overall and evened their conference record at 1-1 with the victory.

 

“I’m very proud of the hungry we came out with tonight,” said Head Coach Sherry Dunbar.  “We were mentally-prepared to play tonight, and it showed.”

 

Junior middle blocker Ashley Benson was an offensive wrecking ball for the Cream and Crimson, crushing the Spartan defense with thunderous strikes coming from her right arm all night long. In total, Benson tallied 14 kills and a .545 hitting percentage.

 

Setters Mary Chaudoin and Whitney Granado did a fine job of spreading the wealth offensively though as five different Hoosiers took twenty or more swings. Four of those five connected for double-digit kills as well, including Jordan Haverly, Kelci Marshcall and Sam Thrower. The IU setting tandem combined for 47 assists on the night.

 

Defensively, Thrower strutted her stuff with three solo blocks and two block assists. Benson and Haverly were right behind her with four block assists each.

 

“This was the first time I saw that edge, that fight since we were in Ohio,” said Dunbar. “We are going to need to keep that up because in the Big Ten no one is giving us anything. We need to earn their respect on the floor.”

 

Coach Dunbar’s Hoosiers showed that hunger she spoke of right from the first whistle. Indiana rejected four Spartan attacks and hit .316 in the opening set. Trailing 15-16, IU ripped off six consecutive points with Caitlin Cox firing bullets from the service line. Marschall bounced back from a few hitting errors in the early goings, and delivered back-to-back kills during the momentum-shifting six-point run. Benson capped off the 25-19 IUwinner with her fifth termination of the set; a set in which she converted five of seven attack attempts for a .714 hitting efficiency.

 

Despite a nice defensive effort from Granado in the second set that included five digs, Michigan State was able to square things up at one set apiece heading into the locker rooms with a 25-18 response.

 

It was “gut check” time for the Hoosiers in set number three, and they did not disappoint. Benson led the way offensively by putting away all four balls set in her direction. Granado guided the offensive precisely down the stretch, pinpointing a variety of attackers. Cox handed her team point number 25 with a laser from the service line that resulted in an ace.

 

The defensive wall was rebuilt for the fourth set, led by Thrower and her pair of solo swats. As a team, Indiana recorded 4.5 blocks in the final frame. Indiana’s 5-0 advantage to start the period was quickly evaporated as the Spartans struck back to knot the score at 8-8. The Hoosiers had a response of their own, however, seizing another six-point run and a 14-8 edge. Michigan State would get no closer than five points the rest of the way as the Hoosiers cruised to a 25-18 match-clinching triumph.

 

A Wednesday (Sept. 30) night match at Purdue makes for a short week. Indiana is slated for a 7 p.m. contest versus the arch-rival Boilermakers in West Lafayette. The match will be broadcast nationally on the Big Ten Network.