ELLIS AND CARR COMBINE FOR 23 KILLS IN LOSS TO RAMS

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
November 14, 2024

Philadelphia, Pa. (11/14/24)  The Dominican University New York women's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision to the Thomas Jefferson University Rams in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played in the Gallagher Athletic Center.

Following the match, the Lady Chargers are now 10-12 overall and 7-8 in conference play.

TJU won the first set by the score 25-18, while the Lady Chargers turned the tables and took the second set, 25-18.  The Rams secured wins in the third and fourth sets, 25-22 and 25-17 for the 3-1 victory.

In the set that the Lady Chargers won, the team tallied 16 kills and sported a .325 attack percentage.

Senior Aaliyah Ellis led the team with 12 kills, a .647 attack percentage, three block solos and three block assists.

Outside hitter Kaitlyn Carr recorded 11 kills, 12 digs and two block assists, while Savannah Tody added nine kills and five block assists.

Elizabeth Perez also tallied nine kills, two service aces and seven digs.

Setter Layla Shipley had a match leading 42 assists and Kylie Flynn had a team leading 13 digs in the loss.

Dominican closes out the regular season on Saturday afternoon when they host Caldwell University in the Hennessy Center at 12pm.

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.