TIGERS UPEND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Philadelphia, Pa. (10/15/16) The Dominican College women's volleyball team won the opening set, but then lost the next three to fall to the Holy Family University Tigers, 3-1, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played at Campus Center Gym.

TIGERS UPEND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Team Stats

October 15, 2016

Philadelphia, Pa. (10/15/16)  The Dominican College women's volleyball team won the opening set, but then lost the next three to fall to the Holy Family University Tigers, 3-1, this afternoon in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played at Campus Center Gym.

The first set was tied at 10-all when the Lady Chargers went on a 7-2 run with sophomore Alexa Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.) recording three service points to pull ahead 17-12.  Senior Cortney Yeoman (Glenn Dale, Md.) recorded the set ending kill to give DC the 25-21 win.

Holy Family rallied to take the next three sets to win the match, 3-1.

Yeoman finished with a .353 attack percentage and seven kills.

Rookie Deanna Knopf (Hauppauge, N.Y.) also had seven kills and added nine digs.

Angela Kim (Marlton, N.J.) had a team leading 10 digs, while Williams finished with eight digs.

Setter Kera Dexter* (Selah, Wash.) had a team high 25 assists.

With the loss, Dominican falls to 4-16 overall and 3-8 in CACC play.

The Lady Chargers will host Caldwell University this coming Wednesday night in a CACC North Division contest.  Match time is scheduled for 7pm on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

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.