Parnell leads Ravens to first 2-0 comeback since 2003
with 19 kills
Boxscore
Katie Ristow notched a
double-double on Thursday against C.W. Post with 13 digs and 11
kills.
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RINDGE, N.H. (August 30,
2007) – The Franklin Pierce University volleyball
team lost the first two games, but came back to win the last three
to defeat the Pioneers of Long Island University-C.W. Post, 3-2
(28-30, 28-30, 30-22, 30-17, 15-13) on Thursday afternoon at the
Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse. The match marked the first time that
the Ravens came back from a 2-0 deficit to win since Sept. 11, 2003
against Teikyo Post.
The two teams played very evenly in the first two games of the
match, with the visiting Pioneers taking both games by a score of
30-28. C.W. Post was led in the first two games by Jessica Lubeski
(Bishopville, Md./Hewlett (N.Y.) and Sarah Coufal (Tacoma,
Wash./Stadium), who combined for 18 kills as the Pioneers recorded
a team attacking percentage of .286 and .233 in the two games.
In the next two games, however, the home team came to life,
winning by scores of 30-22 and 30-17. The Ravens jumped out to
leads of 4-0 and 13-5 in the third game, led by junior setter
Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo, Calif./Camarillo),
who recorded 13 assists on 18 Raven kills in the game. The team
increased the intensity in game four, making only two errors and
recording 13 kills in a 13-point win. Junior middle hitter
Nicole Buchholz (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge)
recorded six kills for the Ravens in the game.
The fifth game was very competitive, as the teams were separated
by more than two points only once. The important swing of momentum
for the Ravens came with five consecutive points that turned a 10-8
deficit into a 13-10 lead that the Ravens would not give up.
Redshirt freshman Michelle Koike (San Francisco,
Calif./Gonzaga University) held serve for the Ravens
during that stretch, adding two service aces.
Coufal led the Pioneers with 21 kills and 17 digs while Lubeski
added 18 kills and 14 digs. For the Ravens, sophomore
Caitlynn Parnell (Medina, Texas/Medina) matched
her career-high with a team-leading 19 kills while Hookstadt
narrowly missed a double-double with 50 assists and nine digs.
Franklin Pierce also had excellent performances from Buchholz, who
recorded a season-high 18 kills, and sophomore Katie Ristow
(Miami, Fla./Miami Killian Senior HS), who recorded her
first double-double of the season with 13 digs and 11 kills.
Franklin Pierce (1-4, 0-0 NE-10) will return to the road this
weekend, as the team travels to West Haven, Conn. for two games at
the Baden Invitational on Saturday. The Ravens take on host New
Haven at 11 a.m. and battle with Bridgeport at 2 p.m. C.W. Post
(3-2, 0-0 ECC) returns home to take on Bloomfield Saturday at noon.
