PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team held off Pace University, 3-2 (25-17, 25-19, 20-25, 21-25, 16-14), on Saturday during Northeast 10 Conference action at the Goldstein Health, Fitness & Recreation Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-13, 2-2 NE10), Pace (8-7, 0-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 13 kills, 15 digs, 5 aces
• Senior Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 8 kills, 3 blocks
• Junior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 16 kills, .542 hitting, 6 blocks, 6 digs, 3 aces
• Junior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 37 assists, 13 digs
• Sophomore Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 13 digs
• Sophomore D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 7 kills, 3 blocks
• First-year Caitlin Mediate (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth), 8 digs, 5 assists, 3 aces
• First-year Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 7 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Cyanna Shirley, 14 kills, 5 blocks
• First-year Kadence Ackmann, 15 kills, 15 digs
• First-year Camila Rodriguez, 17 assists
• First-year Aralyn Saulys, 18 assists, 15 digs

MATCH FACTS

• The Purple Knights won their third straight meeting with Pace.
• Almeida moved past Lindsay Phenix '14 (155) to take over eighth in program history with 158 career total blocks.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights trailed 12-10 in the opening set before Almeida notched three kills in a 6-0 run that gave her team the lead for good.
• With the visitors clinging to an 18-17 edge in the second set, Patterson dropped a kill before Almeida and Marshall sided for a block to help create separation.
• Pace broke out of a 3-3 tie in set No. 3 on the strength of an 11-4 run. The Purple Knights rallied to within 23-20 before Ackmann turned in a kill and a block assist for the final two points.
• The teams played through 10 fourth-set ties, with the visitors leading 21-20 before the Setters tallied the final five points to force a deciding fifth set.
• Seven more ties and five lead changes ensued in the finale, which saw Saint Michael's ahead 11-7 before Pace went ahead with a 5-0 run. Welch and Almeida's back-to-back kills swung the lead to the visitors' favor before the Setters twice found the tying point. In a 14-14 set, Welch posted a kill before Mediate converted the clinching ace.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Tuesday vs. Saint Anselm College, 6 p.m.
• The Purple Knights host a Hope Happens Here Mental Health Awareness Match that night.