VOLLEYBALL LOSES TWO AT STONEHILL SKYHAWKS INVITATIONAL

Easton, Mass. (9/10/16) The Dominican College women's volleyball team lost two matches today in the final day of the Stonehill Skyhawks Invitational. DC lost their first match to Saint Michael's College and then fell to Stonehill College.

VOLLEYBALL LOSES TWO AT STONEHILL SKYHAWKS INVITATIONAL

Team Stats

September 10, 2016

Easton, Mass. (9/10/16)  The Dominican College women's volleyball team lost two matches today in the final day of the Stonehill Skyhawks Invitational.  DC lost their first match to Saint Michael's College and then fell to Stonehill College.

Match One:  In the their opening match of the day, Dominican fell to Saint Michael's College, 19-25, 19-25, 12-25.  Sophomore outside hitter Alexa Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.) led the team with six kills and added nine digs.

Gabrielle Napoleon (Springfield, Pa.) and Deanna Knopf (Hauppauge, N.Y.) each had five kills, while Knopf added five digs.

Setter Kera Dexter* (Selah, Wash.) recorded 23 assists and 11 digs, while Angela Kim (Marlton, N.J.) had a team leading 12 digs in the loss.

Match Two:  In the final match of the tournament, host Stonehill College, upended the Lady Chargers, 3-0 (12-25, 16-25, 16-25).

Senior Cortney Yeoman (Glenn Dale, Md.) had a team leading nine kills.

Napoleon added eight kills, while Dexter finished with 21 assists.

Kim recorded a team best 14 digs.

With the losses, Dominican falls to 1-7 on the season.

For her efforts, Dexter was named to the All-Tournament Team.

The Lady Chargers return home on Friday night in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opening match against Concordia College.

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.