Feldmeth leads the Raven attack with nine kills
Boxscore
Karissa Hookstadt handed out 35 assists on Friday against
Pace.
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WALTHAM, Mass. (November 9,
2007) - The fourth-seeded Franklin Pierce University
women's volleyball team, ranked eighth in this week's NCAA Div. II
Northeast Regional poll, fell to fifth-seeded Pace University by a
score of 3-0 (30-19, 30-25, 20-27) in the quarterfinals of the 2007
Northeast-10 Conference Tournament, held on Friday night at the
Dana Center on the campus of Bentley College.
With the win Pace (13-15, 9-5
NE-10) moves on to the semifinals of the tournament tomorrow at 2
p.m., where the team will face off with top-seed Bryant University
(28-12, 14-0 NE-10), which defeated eight-seeded College of Saint
Rose, 3-0, in an early quarterfinal match. Franklin Pierce (18-16,
10-4 NE-10) will wait to see if its season is prolonged by a bid to
the 2007 NCAA Div. II Northeast Regional when the pairings are
announced on Monday.
Pace freshman Korena Johnson
(Friendswood, Texas/Clear Brook) led all players with 13 kills and
added 10 digs and four service aces, while junior Danielle Furka
(Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) added 11 kills for the Setters.
Sophomore Megan Feldmeth
(South Pasadena, Calif./South Pasadena) led the Ravens
with nine kills on the evening, while junior co-captain
Nicole Buchholz (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) added
seven kills on a match-high .600 hitting percentage and two blocks.
Fellow junior co-captain Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo,
Calif./Camarillo) recorded 35 assists for the Ravens in
the three games.
The Setters came out strong in the
first game, scoring 11 of the first 14 points to take a big lead,
led by three kills from Johnson. The Ravens scored five consecutive
points late to close the gap slightly, but Pace came back with
seven in a row to cruise to the 30-19 win.
Pace used a similar tactic in the
second game, as the Setters jumped out to a 16-5 lead. Franklin
Pierce closed the gap to four by scoring 12 of the next 17 points,
but three consecutive points by Pace did not allow the Ravens to
get any closer in the game.
The third game was the closest of
the match, as neither team could shake the other. The Ravens
scored four consecutive points to even the game at 23-all and the
match moved to 25-all before Pace scored twice on Franklin Pierce
attack errors. The Setters then scored three of the next five
points to take the game and the match.
Pace University def. Franklin Pierce 30-19,
30-25, 30-27
Pace University (13-15)
(Kills-aces-blocks) - Korena Johnson 13-4-1; Danielle Furka 11-0-3;
Sianna Johnson 8-0-2; Rebecca DePaoli 7-0-3; Ashley D'Agostini
5-1-1; Victoria Pompilus 2-0-5; StephanieKazmierczak 0-3-0; Totals
46-8-8.0. (Assists) - Ashley D'Agostini 39. (Dig leaders) -
Stephanie Kazmierczak 18; Korena Johnson 10; Jessica Anderson 9
Franklin Pierce (18-16)
(Kills-aces-blocks) - Megan Feldmeth 9-0-0; Caitlynn Parnell 8-1-1;
Katie Ristow 7-0-0; Nicole Buchholz 7-0-2; Michelle Koike 5-0-0;
Emily Schultz 3-1-0; Karissa Hookstadt 2-0-1; Totals 41-2-2.0.
(Assists) - Karissa Hookstadt 35. (Dig leaders) - Chelsie Kohout
17; Katie Ristow 13
