COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team lost to Pace University, 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-15), on Saturday during Northeast 10 Conference play in the Ross Sports Center.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (3-14, 0-4 NE10), Pace (8-9, 3-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 7 kills, 3 blocks
- Sophomore Tessa LaFrenier (Narragansett, R.I./North Kingstown/Adelphi), 6 kills
- Sophomore Lillie King (Livermore, Calif./Carondelet), 5 kills
- Junior D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 3 kills, 2 blocks
- Senior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 3 kills
- Junior Mahili McKay (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd), 3 kills
- Sophomore Abby Crowley (Westerly, R.I./La Salle Academy), 14 assists, 10 digs
- Senior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 10 assists
- First-year Sarah Gordon (Dyer, Ind./Marian Catholic), 12 digs, 3 assists
- Junior Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 10 digs, 3 aces
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Sophomore Kadence Ackmann, 13 kills, .393 hitting
- Sophomore Jaliyah Johnson, 11 kills, .391 hitting
- Sophomore Aralyn Saulys, 13 assists, 8 digs
- Sophomore Camila Rodriguez, 13 assists
- Sophomore Alice Bender, 15 digs, 5 assists
MATCH FACTS
- Tower pushed her career block assists total to 117, passing Katie Ouellette '06 (116) to take over seventh in program history. She also moved into 10th in overall blocks (153), eclipsing Samantha Clairemont '13 (151).
THE ACTION
- In the opening set, the hosts were within 10-8 following a King kill and a visitor attack error, but Pace rattled off the next nine points, with Ackmann providing three kills. Saint Michael's came no closer than eight points from there.
- Daggett's ace staked the Purple Knights to a 4-1 lead in the second set before the visitors went ahead by virtue of a 5-1 run, never leading by more than three points until extending an 11-10 edge thanks to four straight points. Saint Michael's trimmed its deficit to one point on three occasions down the stretch, including 23-22 on a visitor error, but Johnson aided tandem blocks for each of the final two points.
- The Setters used a 6-0 run in set No. 3 to break a 6-6 tie en route to a 12-6 lead, and their advantage never again shrunk to fewer than three points.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Tuesday at Southern New Hampshire University, 6 p.m.
