LADY CHARGERS RALLY TO DEFEAT HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY

Philadelphia, Pa. (10/25/14) The Dominican College women's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Holy Family University Tigers, 3-2, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play at Campus Center Gym.

LADY CHARGERS RALLY TO DEFEAT HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

October 25, 2014

Philadelphia, Pa. (10/25/14)  The Dominican College women's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Holy Family University Tigers, 3-2, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play at Campus Center Gym.

The Tigers held a 20-15 lead in the first frame when Dominican came charging back with a 6-1 run with McKenzie John (Lafayette, La.) recording three kills and Kayla Dexter* (Selah, Wash.) getting two kills to tie the set at 21-all.  After trading points, the score was 24-24 when Dexter and John got the back-to-back kills for the 26-24 win.

Holy Family rallied to win sets two and three to go ahead 2-1 in the match, but the Lady Chargers rallied in the fourth by scoring the first eight out of ten points to go up 8-2 and never looked back en route to the match-tying 25-15 set win.

In the decisive set, DC took advantage of three Tiger attack errors to build a 5-1 lead and would increase the lead to 9-4.  Holy Family cut the lead to 11-9, but three straight Dominican points put them at match point, 14-9.  After a Tiger time out, a Lady Charger attack made the score 14-10, but DC got the 15-10 win off a Tiger serving error and won the match, 3-2.

John had the match's only double-double with 24 kills and 18 digs, while tallying three block assists.

Dexter finished with a season high 16 kills and .375 attack percentage, to go along with five digs and three block assists.

Sister Kera Dexter (Selah, Wash.) added a team best 29 assists and five kills.  Amanda Hallstein* (Holtsville, N.Y.) had 17 assists, eight digs and two block assists.

Keely Fink (Lagrangeville, N.Y.) recorded a team leading 22 digs and Angela Kim (Marlton, N.J.) had 18 digs.  Ashley Joyner (Edgewood, Md.) posted four kills, two solo blocks and three block assists for five total blocks in the win.

With the win, Dominican improves to 12-6 overall and 9-6 in CACC play.

DC will travel to Mercy College tomorrow for two matches.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.