DOMINICAN STARTS 2023 CAMPAIGN AT SHARKS INVITATIONAL

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Team Stats

September 1, 2023

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (9/1/23)  The Dominican University New York women's volleyball team started the 2023 season off today at the Sharks Invitational and hosted by Nova Southeastern University.

Match One

Dominican (0-1) began the day with a 3-0 (13-25, 12-25, 15-25) loss to the Bentley University Falcons (1-0) in a match played in the Rick Case Arena. 

Aaliyah Ellis (League City, Texas) led the team with seven kills (.500 attack percentage) in the loss.

Kaitlyn Carr (Rogers, Ark.) added six kills and seven defensive digs, while Lindley McCutcheon (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) also added seven digs.

Freshman Kaeden Sanstead (Scottsdale, Ariz.) tallied 11 assists.

Match Two

Their second match of the day saw the Chargers suffer a 3-0 (13-25, 8-25, 14-25) loss to Eckerd College. 

Carr just missed a double-double with a season high 10 kills and eight digs.

Setter Sanstead finished with 14 assists, while Ellis recorded four kills and Nicolette Piscopo (Wantagh, N.Y.) contributed five digs.

Dominican continues play at the Sharks Invitational tomorrow when they face Nova Southeastern University and Seton Hill 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.