FELICIAN TURNS BACK WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Orangeburg, N.Y. (9/18/19) The Felician University Golden Falcons upended the Dominican College women's volleyball team, 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 26-24), this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

Senior Gabrielle Napoleon had five kills and a .500 attack percentage in tonight's loss.
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

September 18, 2019

Orangeburg, N.Y. (9/18/19) The Felician University Golden Falcons upended the Dominican College women's volleyball team, 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 26-24), this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) match played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

Following the match, Dominican is now 0-5 overall and 0-1 in conferenc play.

The third set was tied at 13-all when the Lady Chargers went on a 5-0 run with Essence Boyd (Peekskill, N.Y.), Emmalyn LaPier (Endicott, N.Y.) and Malia Robinson (Jersey City, N.J.) all recording a kill in the run to jump ahead 18-13.  Felician would rally and later held a 24-22 edge, but kills from senior Deanna Knopf (Hauppauge, N.Y.) and LaPier made the score 24-24.  The Golden Falcons closed out the set and match with back-to-back kills for the 26-24 set win and 3-0 match victory.

Knopf, Robinson, Gabrielle Napoleon (Springfield, Pa.) and Mykalee Chambers (Bronx, N.Y.) all had five kills in the loss.  Napoleon finished the match with a .500 attack percentage, while Robinson had a .300 attack percentage.

Setter Boyd recorded 11 assists and two kills.

LaPier and Knopf led the team with six defensive digs each.

Dominican returns to action on Friday afternoon when they host a tri-match with Southern New Hampshire University and Millersville University.

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.