GRIFFINS OUTLAST CHARGERS IN FIVE SETS

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
November 9, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (11/9/24) The Dominican University New York women's volleyball team dropped a conference match at home this afternoon to the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College. 

The Chargers fall to 10-10 overall and 7-6 in conference play while the Griffins improve to 15-8 overall and 9-5 in the CACC. 

The Griffins got out to a 1-0 match lead after starting off strong in the opening set by getting off to a fast start. Despite a late push by DU, CHC took the first set 25-17.

Dominican bounced back and downed the Griffins in back to back sets 25-12 and 25-11 to take a 2-1 advantage. 

The Griffins answered by outlasting the Chargers with a 26-24 win in the fourth set to force a fifth and final set. 

CHC used a 9-3 run in the fifth set on their way to the 15-9 win and secured the 3-2 match victory. 

Kaitlyn Carr recorded a match high 20 kills and finished with 21.5 points as well as five digs. Elizabeth Perez added 17.5 points scored on 12 kills, five service aces, and one block assist. Perez also recorded eight digs. 

Alexandria De Iasi provided eight kills and five block assists while Aaliyah Ellis added five kills and a team-high six block assists. Savannah Tody recorded three kills, three block assists, and two service aces. 

Setter Kaeden Sanstead recorded a match high 39 assists as well as 10 digs. Linda Armao Peng added a team-high 18 digs. 

The Chargers will return to action next Wednesday night when they visit Felician 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 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.