COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team lost to Wilmington (Del.) University, 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-19), on Saturday in the Ross Sports Center. In the day's morning match, Wilmington was swept by Dominican (N.Y.) University, 3-0.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-6), Wilmington (1-5)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 6 kills, 9 digs
- Senior Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 8 kills
- Junior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 9 kills, .643 hitting, 5 blocks
- Junior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 25 assists
- Sophomore Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 13 digs
- Sophomore D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 9 kills, 3 blocks
- First-year Caitlin Mediate (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth), 4 aces
- First-year Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 5 blocks
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Christine Covello, 28 assists, 3 blocks
- Sophomore Morgan Daniels, 10 digs
- Sophomore Karla Nunez-Rivera, 13 kills, 11 digs, 4 aces
- Sophomore Eliza Schneider, 13 kills
MATCH FACTS
- Almeida's .643 hitting percentage was the best by a Purple Knight in exactly six years, since Allie Statile '20, who also wore No. 4, swung at a .650 clip against Salem University on Sept. 13, 2019.
- Welch pushed her career kill total to 499.
- The teams met for the first time.
THE ACTION
- Neither team led by more than two points in the opening set until Nunez-Rivera's kill made it 10-7, and she added another to push the lead to 18-12. Mediate's ace cut the gap to 24-22, but an error provided the Wildcats the clinching point.
- Nunez-Rivera's kill and pair of aces sparked Wilmington to starting the second set up 6-0 before Mediate dropped three aces to key a furious 9-2 rally that put her team in front. Miller's two aces came amid a five-point run for the visitors that put them up 14-10 before a 5-1 stretch later provided the hosts a 21-18 lead. Wilmington countered with the next five points, and the hosts got as close as 24-23 before Nunez-Rivera contributed a winning kill.
- Saint Michael's wiped out a 7-2 deficit in set No. 3 when Almeida's kill tied the teams at 12, but Schneider's back-to-back kills kicked off a 3-0 run, and the visitors never again led by fewer than two points.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Tuesday vs. State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 7 p.m.
