Box Score STANDISH, ME – Saint Joseph's (14-8, 4-2 GNAC) swept
Husson (15-5, 3-1 NAC) in three sets (25-15, 25-11, 25-23) in a
non-league volleyball match at the Harold Alfond Center on
Wednesday evening. Sarah Hawkes '13 (Pownal,
ME) registered 13 digs, 11 kills and three total blocks in the
triumph.
The Monks controlled the pace from the beginning, as the Royal
Blue raced out to a 10-1 lead in the opening set and did not trail
in the score column until partway through the third set. The Eagles
fell victim to 21 attack miscues and 13 reception errors and posted
a -.051 attack percentage in the match.
Brooke Dyer '14
(Lebanon, ME/Saint Thomas Aquinas) notched 12 kills, eight digs and
three service aces along with an astounding .476 attack percentage,
the best mark of the season for the Monks, in the one-sided match.
Kiah Begley '13
(Berwick, ME/Saint Thomas Aquinas) posted 33 assists, seven digs
and four aces and Jordan Pelczar '12
(Meredith, NH) had eight digs for the Royal Blue.
Monks freshman Erica
Russi (Debary, FL) chipped in with seven digs and two aces,
while Alyssa
Grigware '13 (Biddeford, ME) and Kristin Palladino '14
(Exeter, NH) both belted a pair of aces in the sweep.
For Husson, Kaitlyn McKay '12 (Lincoln, RI) registered a
game-high 16 digs with five kills and Rachel Voicechovski '12
(Westerly, RI) added 10 digs in the losing effort. Hannah Olstad
'13 (Farmington, NH) paced the Eagles with eight kills and Aleta
Johnson '13 (Milton, NH) had seven digs in the loss.
Saint Joseph's will face GNAC foe Norwich University in
Northfield, VT on Saturday at 1:00 PM, while Husson will host Unity
College on Wednesday, October 20th at 7:00 PM.