SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team was swept by American International College, 3-0 (26-24, 25-12, 25-18), on Saturday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play in Butova Gymnasium.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (4-12, 0-2 NE10), AIC (8-6, 3-0 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 20 assists, 10 digs
- Senior Aaliyah Huihui-Martinez (Salinas, Calif./Notre Dame), 8 digs
- Senior Jillian Orth (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), 6 digs, 3 aces
- Junior Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 5 kills
- Sophomore Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 4 kills, 2 blocks
- Sophomore Kyla Farnan (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle), 19 digs
- First-year Nora Schulze (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), 9 kills
- First-year D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 5 kills
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Kiya Yeoman, 5 kills, 8 blocks
- Junior Perla Rosa, 14 digs, 3 aces
- Sophomore Victoria Mendez, 16 assists
- Sophomore Carissa Michel, 7 kills
THE ACTION
- AIC thrice led by four points mid-set in the opening set for the largest lead by either team. Down 23-21, the Purple Knights reached set point thanks to a 3-0 run that Schulze and Almeida capped with kills. After an AIC timeout, the hosts rattled off the final three points, winning on Michel's kill.
- Neither team led by more than two points in the second set until Yeoman played a hand in a tandem block that made it 11-8, sparking a clinching 15-4 run that featured nine aces.
- In set No. 3, Saint Michael's trimmed a 10-point deficit to 17-11 on the strength of three straight Orth aces, but the visitors came no closer.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Tuesday vs. Southern Connecticut State University, 5 p.m.
