FELICIAN EDGES DOMINICAN

Rutherford, N.J. (9/25/18) The Felician University women's volleyball team rallied from a 25-20 set one loss to win the next three and earn the 3-1 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) victory this evening in a match held in Job Gymnasium.

Photo Courtesy of Tom Salus
Photo Courtesy of Tom Salus

Team Stats

September 25, 2018

Rutherford, N.J. (9/25/18) The Felician University women's volleyball team rallied from a 25-20 set one loss to win the next three and earn the 3-1 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) victory this evening in a match held in Job Gymnasium.

Following the set one win, The Golden Falcons won the next three by scores of 25-15, 25-22, 25-23 to earn the 3-1 match victory.

The set was tied at 20-all when a service error and consecutive kills from Emmalyn LaPier (Endicott, N.Y.) and Mykalee Chambers (Bronx, N.Y.) put DC ahead 23-20.  Back-to-back errors allowed the Chargers to take the 25-20 win.

After two Felician set victories, the fourth set saw Felician pull ahead 7-2.  Dominican would fight back and use a kill from Chambers to tie the set at 23-all.  Two straight Felician points lifted them to the 25-23 set win and 3-1 match victory.

LaPier and junior Deanna Knopf (Hauppauge, N.Y.) led Dominican with 11 kills each in the loss.

Setter Lily Ainsworth (Colorado Springs, Colo.) had a team high 26 assist, while Natalia Perez (Prosper, Texas) recorded 19 digs.

Knopf tallied 11 digs and LaPier finished with 10 digs.

DC returns home from their two match road trip this coming Friday as they host Wilmington University at 5pm 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.