Philadelphia, Pa. (10/25/14)  The Dominican College women's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Holy Family University Tigers, 3-2, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play at Campus Center Gym.

The Tigers held a 20-15 lead in the first frame when Dominican came charging back with a 6-1 run with McKenzie John (Lafayette, La.) recording three kills and Kayla Dexter* (Selah, Wash.) getting two kills to tie the set at 21-all.  After trading points, the score was 24-24 when Dexter and John got the back-to-back kills for the 26-24 win.

Holy Family rallied to win sets two and three to go ahead 2-1 in the match, but the Lady Chargers rallied in the fourth by scoring the first eight out of ten points to go up 8-2 and never looked back en route to the match-tying 25-15 set win.

In the decisive set, DC took advantage of three Tiger attack errors to build a 5-1 lead and would increase the lead to 9-4.  Holy Family cut the lead to 11-9, but three straight Dominican points put them at match point, 14-9.  After a Tiger time out, a Lady Charger attack made the score 14-10, but DC got the 15-10 win off a Tiger serving error and won the match, 3-2.

John had the match's only double-double with 24 kills and 18 digs, while tallying three block assists.

Dexter finished with a season high 16 kills and .375 attack percentage, to go along with five digs and three block assists.

Sister Kera Dexter (Selah, Wash.) added a team best 29 assists and five kills.  Amanda Hallstein* (Holtsville, N.Y.) had 17 assists, eight digs and two block assists.

Keely Fink (Lagrangeville, N.Y.) recorded a team leading 22 digs and Angela Kim (Marlton, N.J.) had 18 digs.  Ashley Joyner (Edgewood, Md.) posted four kills, two solo blocks and three block assists for five total blocks in the win.

With the win, Dominican improves to 12-6 overall and 9-6 in CACC play.

DC will travel to Mercy College tomorrow for two matches.