WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL STAGE EPIC COMEBACK IN VICTORY OVER FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

Rutherford, N.J. (11/4/15) The Dominican College women's volleyball team rallied from an 0-2 deficit to defeat host, Felician University, 3-2, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played in Job Gymnasium.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL STAGE EPIC COMEBACK IN VICTORY OVER FELICIAN UNIVERSITY

Team Stats

November 4, 2015

Rutherford, N.J. (11/4/15)  The Dominican College women's volleyball team rallied from an 0-2 deficit to defeat host, Felician University, 3-2, this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played in Job Gymnasium.

DC trailed in all five sets, dropping the first two by scores of 26-24 and 25-17.  The Lady Chargers rallied to win the third set, 28-26 and the fourth set, 26-24 to tie the match at 2-all.  In the final set, Dominican came back from a 9-6 deficit for the 15-12 win.

Junior Cortney Yeoman (Glenn Dale, Md.) posted career highs of 17 kills and a .410 attack percentage, with four block assists in the victory.

Kera Dexter (Selah, Wash.) had 14 kills and nine digs, while Kelly Murphy (Evergreen, Colo.) had 13 kills and 21 digs.

Libero Angela Kim (Marlton, N.J.) had a match best 22 digs and Natalia Perez (Prosper, Texas) tallied 16 digs.

Amanda Hallstein* (Holtsville, N.Y.) also had a new career high of 48 assists.

Set three saw the Lady Chargers trail 21-16 when Hallstein served four straight points to bring them within a point, 21-20.  With the set later tied at 26-all, back-to-back attack errors gave DC the 28-26 win.

In the fourth set, Dominican trailed by six points (20-14) when they went on a 9-2 tear to claim a 23-22 advantage.  The Lady Chargers took advantage of attack errors to tie the set at 2-2 with a 26-24 win.

The final set once again saw DC trailing, 9-6, but they rallied with three straight points to make the score 9-9.  With the set later tied at 11-all, Dominican used a 3-1 run to put them at match point, 14-12.  A kill from senior Ashley Joyner (Edgewood, Md.) completed the epic comeback with the 15-12 win and 3-2 match victory.

With the win, Dominican improves to 5-23 overall and 5-11 in conference play.

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.