COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team lost to Northeast 10 Conference foe Southern Connecticut State University, 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-18), on Saturday in the Ross Sports Center.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (4-15, 1-5 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (14-7, 3-3 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Tessa LaFrenier (Narragansett, R.I./North Kingstown/Adelphi), 8 kills, 7 digs
- Junior Mahili McKay (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd), 6 kills
- Sophomore Lillie King (Livermore, Calif./Carondelet), 4 kills, 2 blocks
- Junior D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 3 kills
- Senior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 11 assists
- Sophomore Abby Crowley (Westerly, R.I./La Salle Academy), 8 assists, 9 digs
- First-year Sarah Gordon (Dyer, Ind./Marian Catholic), 12 digs
- Junior Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 5 digs
- Senior Emily Winefield (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack), 4 digs
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Kerrigan Habing, 11 kills, 11 digs, 3 aces
- Graduate student Sydney Bennett, 8 kills, .438 hitting
- Sophomore Kimi Mitchell, 26 assists, 8 digs, 3 aces
- Senior Sarah Henault, 8 digs, 5 aces
THE ACTION
- McKay's kill in the first set had Saint Michael's within 13-10 before Bennett had two kills in a 5-0 run, sparking a 12-4 concluding stretch.
- McKay's kill had her team down just 8-6 in the second set, and the Purple Knights trailed 10-7 before the Owls accumulated a 13-2 stretch.
- Set No. 3 featured 11 ties, with the teams deadlocked at 17 following Settles' kill. Habing put her team in front for good with a kill on the next point, but Settles' kill later had Saint Michael's within 19-18. The visitors benefited from five errors while closing out the match with a 6-0 run.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Next Saturday at Bentley University, 1 p.m.
- The Falcons received votes toward this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) national poll.
