Ravens collect 100 digs as a
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Jackson finished with 10 kills and hit a match-best .286 in
Wednesday night's win at Saint Anselm.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (October
6, 2010) – Freshman outside hitter Lauren Miller
(Alexandria, Ind.) posted her fifth double-double of the
season and her third in four matches as she piled up 22 digs to go
with 13 kills, while freshman middle Katie Jackson
(Cherry Creek, Colo.) added 10 kills of her own and hit a
match-best .286 on Wednesday night to lead the Franklin Pierce
University volleyball team to a 3-1 road victory over Saint Anselm
in Northeast-10 Conference play at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. Freshman
middle Kylie Kozlowski led the way for Saint Anselm with 10
kills.
With the win, Franklin Pierce
improves to 8-5 (2-4 Northeast-10), while Saint Anselm fell to 1-10
(0-6 Northeast-10). The Ravens dropped the first set, 25-18 before
rallying for the victory with wins of 25-22, 25-8 and 25-22.
Miller and Jackson were two of
three Ravens in double digits offensively, as senior outside hitter
Christina
Calderon (Tombstone, Ariz.) finished with 10 kills of
her own. The trio worked off the set of senior Pam Walker (Chino
Hills, Calif.), who dished out 40 assists and served up
two aces. Jackson picked up four of her 10 kills in the final set,
as she hit .571 in the fourth set to help put away the match.
The Franklin Pierce defense led the
way most of the evening. Senior libero Chelsie Kohout
(Harrison Township, Mich.) finished with 24 digs and is
now just 11 digs shy of tying Tara Vece for the program's all-time
record. She was joined in double digits by Miller, graduate student
outside hitter Kelsey Painter
(Glendale, Ariz.) and Walker, as the trio collected 22, 19
and 13 digs, respectively. For Walker, the 13 digs gave her the
seventh double-double of her career, and her first of the
season.
Lauren Miller tallied her third double-double in four matches with
22 digs and 13 kills in Wednesday night's win at Saint Anselm.
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As a team, the Ravens finished with
100 digs on the night to hold Saint Anselm to an .070 attack
percentage in the match. Meanwhile, the Ravens hit just .053 while
losing the first set, but posted .200, .207 and .262 marks in the
next three sets. It was the first 100-dig match for the Ravens
since Nov. 1 of last season against Le Moyne, though that was a
five-set contest. The last time Franklin Pierce collected 100 digs
in a four-set match was on Sept. 22, 2007 against New York
Institute of Technology.
For Saint Anselm, Kozlowski was the
only player in double digits offensively and led the team by
hitting .216. Sophomore middle Samantha Elliott added eight kills,
while freshman middle Kyla Gustavson chipped in seven more. Junior
setter Rachel Flaherty ran the offense for the Hawks and finished
with 29 assists.
On the defensive side of the ball,
sophomore libero Margaret Tereschuk led all players with 32 digs,
while Gustavson added 19 more.
The Ravens return to the court on
Wednesday, Oct. 13, when they return home to host Massachusetts
Lowell in a Northeast-10 Conference contest. The match is scheduled
for 7 p.m. at the Fieldhouse in Rindge, N.H.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin
Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be
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