Buchholz leads all players with 16 kills and a .448 hitting
percentage
Boxscore
Nicole Buchholz hammered out a match-high 16 kills on Tuesday
against American International.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 30,
2007) - Junior co-captain Nicole Buchholz
(Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) led all players with 16 kills
as Franklin Pierce University, ranked eighth in the latest NCAA
Div. II Northeast Regional poll, rolled past American International
College by a score of 3-0 (30-18, 30-23, 30-15) in a Northeast-10
Conference women's volleyball match on the first "Dig for the Cure"
night Tuesday at the Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse. The match marked
the conclusion of the regular season for the Ravens.
The Ravens set a new season high
for a three-game match by piling up 71 digs, led by 17 from
freshman Chelsie Kohout (Harrison Township, Mich./L'Anse
Creuse). As a result, the team will donate over $1,000 to
the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to benefit breast cancer
research.
Buchholz led a relentless Raven
attack with 16 kills and a .448 hitting percentage, her highest
percentage of the season, and also added seven blocks, six digs and
a pair of service aces. Sophomore Megan Feldmeth (South
Pasadena, Calif./South Pasadena) hit over .400 on the
night as well, posting nine kills on .412 hitting. The Ravens also
received nine kills from sophomore Caitlynn Parnell
(Medina, Texas/Medina) and a season-high eight from junior
Emily Schultz (Salem, Wis./Westosha Central).
Kohout paced four Ravens with
double-figure digs, followed by Schultz's 15 digs, 11 from Parnell
and 10 from junior co-captain Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo,
Calif./Camarillo). Hookstadt also led all players with 34
assists while adding four blocks and three kills.
After allowing the Yellow Jackets
to hang around early in the opening game, the Ravens scored 18 of
the last 25 points to take the game handily, 30-18. The home team
used the same tactic in the second game, using a 7-0 run midway
through the game to turn a 7-7 score into a 14-7 advantage, and the
Ravens held on for the 30-23 win and a 2-0 lead.
In the final game of the match,
Franklin Pierce jumped out to early leads of 6-0 and 17-7 in
cruising to the 30-15 win and the match victory.
With the win, Franklin Pierce
(18-15, 10-4 NE-10) completes its 2007 regular season with the best
conference mark in school history, narrowly surpassing the 9-5 mark
that the team put up in each of the last two seasons. The Ravens
also increased their program-best home record to 11-2 on the year.
Franklin Pierce earned at least the
fourth seed in next week's Northeast-10 Tournament with the
victory, but the Ravens could move into third if Merrimack College
loses its final two matches of the regular season after falling
tonight to Southern New Hampshire University. The final seedings
for the tournament, held on Nov. 9-10 at Bentley College, will be
decided after the last weekend of conference action on Nov. 2-4.
