Four Ravens in double figures
Boxscore
Emily Schultz posted a double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs on
Saturday against Southern Connecticut State.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 4, 2008) –
Seniors Karissa Hookstadt
(Camarillo, Calif./Adolfo Camarillo) and Emily Schultz (Salem, Wis./Westosha
Central) both tallied double-doubles on Saturday afternoon,
but the Franklin Pierce University volleyball team was edged, 3-2,
by Southern Connecticut State in Northeast-10 Conference play at
Franklin Pierce's Fieldhouse. Freshman Leah Filonuk
(Greenlawn, N.Y./Harborfields) and junior Jenna Tammel (Spring
Valley, Minn./Kingsland) each notched double-doubles in the victory
for SCSU.
Franklin Pierce took the opening set by a 25-15 margin, but SCSU
would even things with a 25-21 win in the second set. After the
Ravens took the third set, 25-22, the Owls again knotted the match
with a 25-22 win of their own in the fourth. Franklin Pierce took a
10-8 lead in the decisive fifth set, but SCSU rattled off the final
seven points behind the serve of Tammel to take a 15-10 victory in
the fifth set and a 3-2 win in the match.
Senior Nicole Buchholz
(Broadlands, Va./Stone Bridge) led four Ravens in double
figures on the afternoon with 16 kills. She was joined in double
digits by junior Katie Ristow
(Miami, Fla./Miami Killian), sophomore Diana Rutt (Dayton, Nev./Dayton) and
Schultz, who notched 15, 14 and 12 kills, respectively. The quartet
worked off the set of Hookstadt, who piled up a match-best 52
assists. Defensively, sophomore Chelsie Kohout (Harrison Township,
Mich./L'Anse Creuse) led the way with 22 digs while
Schultz and Hookstadt added 12 and 10 digs, respectively, to
complete their double-doubles.
SCSU featured a predominantly two-pronged attack, as Tammel posted
19 kills and Filonuk rang up 18 of her own. The duo added 16 and 17
digs, respectively to post double-doubles for the Owls. SCSU ran
the offense through freshman Andrea Nolan (Ridgefield,
N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy), who dished out 47 assists. Five
Owls reached double digits in digs while Tammel narrowly missed a
triple-double by serving up eight aces on the afternoon.
The Ravens (8-13, 1-4 NE-10) return to the court on Tuesday, Oct.
7, when they host Southern New Hampshire in a Northeast-10
Conference contest. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Fieldhouse
in Rindge, N.H. SCSU (19-4, 4-1 NE-10) returns to action on Oct. 7
at American International.
