COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team lost to Dominican (N.Y.) University, 3-2 (25-22, 29-31, 23-25, 25-19, 15-11), on Friday evening in the Ross Sports Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-5), Dominican (1-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 13 kills, 13 digs
• Senior Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 7 kills
• Junior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 5 kills
• Junior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 19 assists, 3 aces
• Sophomore Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 16 digs, 3 assists
• Sophomore D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 8 kills, 4 blocks
• First-year Lillie King (Livermore, Calif./Carondelet), 6 kills
• First-year Caitlin Mediate (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth), 24 assists, 17 digs
• First-year Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 12 kills, 5 blocks, 4 aces

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Savannah Tody, 12 kills, 5 blocks
• Junior Kaeden Sanstead, 45 assists, 15 digs, 6 kills
• Sophomore Alexandria De Iasi, 16 kills, 12 digs
• First-year Haile Comeau, 17 digs
• First-year Trinity Parkin, 12 kills

MATCH FACTS

• The teams met for the first time since 2016.
• The match featured 36 ties and 15 lead changes, all of which occurred in the first three sets.

THE ACTION

• Saint Michael's used an 11-4 run to forge a 14-12 lead in the opening set. King's kill had her team up 21-20 before the visitors scored the next three points to take the final lead.
• Patterson's kill gave the Purple Knights a set-high six-point advantage at 18-12 in the second stanza before the Chargers stormed back and held set point six times. The hosts fought off each, ultimately netting the final three points on a kill and block by Tower and a block from Settles.
• Fifteen ties followed in set No. 3, and neither team led by more than two points until first-year Leila Ortiz's kill provided Dominican a 22-19 lead. The Purple Knights rattled off six of the final seven points to capture the 2-1 edge, with Marshall dropping two aces and Tower notching two kills in the run. Patterson posted the clinching kill.
• Dominican slowly opened an eight-point lead in the fourth set before Mediate's ace cut the deficit to 21-17, but De Iasi's pair of kills down the stretch ensured a fifth set.
• In the decider, De Iasi and Tody both had two kills during an opening 6-0 run. Patterson's kill brought the Purple and Gold within 9-7 but no closer.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Saturday vs. Wilmington (Del.) University, 1 p.m.