DEVILS OUTLAST DOMINICAN VOLLEYBALL

Philadelphia, Pa. (9/15/18) The University of the Sciences women's volleyball team upended the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 3-2 (13-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 9-15) in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played in Bobby Morgan Arena.

DEVILS OUTLAST DOMINICAN VOLLEYBALL

Team Stats

September 15, 2018

Philadelphia, Pa. (9/15/18) The University of the Sciences women's volleyball team upended the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 3-2 (13-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 9-15) in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played in Bobby Morgan Arena.

Set One:  The Devils took a commanding 8-0 advantage in the first set en route to the 25-13 win.

Set Two:  The set was tied at 10-10 when Dominican went on a 9-4 run, started by three service points from freshman Emmalyn LaPier (Endicott, N.Y.).  Later a LaPier kill led DC to a 25-23 vicotry and tie the match at 1-1.

Set Three:  A 7-0 tear during the course of the set lifted USciences to a 25-18 win.

Set Four:  Dominican used a 10-2 run to pull away from an 8-8 tie to give DC an 18-10 advantage en route to a 25-22 set win and force the decisive fifth set.  Dominican tallied 14 kills and a .294 attack percentage for the set.

Set Five:  The set was tied at 7-all when five straight Devil points put them ahead 12-7 and they went on to the 15-9 win and 3-2 match victory.

LaPier led Dominican with 12 kills and added nine digs.

Junior Deanna Knopf (Hauppauge, N.Y.) contributed 10 kills and 15 digs, while libero Natalia Perez (Prosper, Texas) recorded a match high 27 digs.

Lily Ainsworth (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had a team high 34 assists and 13 digs in the loss.

Dominican (1-10, 1-3 CACC) will host Concordia College this coming Wednesday night at 7pm on Coach Baxter Court.

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.