COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team fell to Franklin Pierce University, 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 26-24), on Tuesday during Northeast 10 Conference play in the Ross Sports Center.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (3-11, 0-2 NE10), Franklin Pierce (6-10, 1-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Tessa LaFrenier (Narragansett, R.I./North Kingstown/Adelphi), 10 kills, 11 digs
- Sophomore Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 7 kills, 4 blocks
- Junior Mahili McKay (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd), 6 kills
- Sophomore Lillie King (Livermore, Calif./Carondelet), 3 kills, 3 blocks
- Junior D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 3 kills
- Sophomore Abby Crowley (Westerly, R.I./La Salle Academy), 15 assists, 3 digs
- Senior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 13 assists
- First-year Sarah Gordon (Dyer, Ind./Marian Catholic), 19 digs
- Junior Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 5 digs, 4 aces
- Sophomore Caitlin Mediate (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth), 4 digs
- Senior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 3 blocks in 1 set
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Sophomore Maddie Swanson, 13 kills, 11 digs
- First-year Brooklin Brown, 6 kills, 3 blocks
- First-year Marija Milosevic, 6 aces, 4 kills, 3 blocks
- First-year Giuliana Pamatat, 30 assists, 10 digs
MATCH FACTS
- Tower pushed her career block assists total to 107, matching Megan Mulvaney '17 for ninth in program history. She passed Lindsay Phenix '14 (106) during the contest.
THE ACTION
- Brown had a kill and block by the time the Ravens led 5-1 in the opening set, but Mediate's ace had the hosts within 7-6. After King's kill again brought her team within one, at 8-7, Franklin Pierce rattled off eight of the next nine points to pull away.
- King and LaFrenier combined on a block in the second set that had Saint Michael's down just 4-3, but the Ravens extended their lead on the strength of a 15-6 run (19-9). The Purple Knights used a 10-5 stretch of their own, keyed by three LaFrenier kills and two Daggett aces, to make it 24-19, but Swanton dropped a clinching kill.
- Tower was instrumental in the Purple and Gold jumping out to an 8-2 lead in set No. 3, with two blocks, one kill and one ace by that juncture, when Daggett had two more aces. Brown had a kill while combining with Milosevic on two blocks during a 3-0 run that swung the Ravens in front, 20-19, but Almeida and Tower joined for a block that capped a 5-1 stretch and brought Saint Michael's to set point at 24-21. The visitors scored the final five points of the match, including the last three on Milosevic aces.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Friday at Adelphi University, 5 p.m.
- The Panthers qualified for the last four NCAA Tournaments.
