October 10, 2009
VB: DOLPHINS SWEPT BY CONFERENCE-LEADING NEW HAVEN,
3-0
West Haven, Conn. - Outside hitter Sara Malmlov landed 14 kills as
New Haven defeated the Le Moyne College volleyball team, 3-0, in
Northeast-10 Conference action on Saturday evening at Charger
Gymnasium.
In the opening game, the Chargers jumped out to a 5-1 lead, but the
Dolphins bounced back to even the score at nine apiece. New Haven
tallied the next three points before Le Moyne responded with five
straight points of its own to take a 14-12 lead. The Chargers used
runs of 4-0, 3-0 and 5-0 to register a 25-17 victory.
After a service ace by senior outside hitter Elizabeth
Cheek (Huntington Beach, Calif./Rosary) pulled the
Dolphins within 7-6 in the second game, the Chargers used a 7-3 run
to take control of the game. After the two teams traded points
leading to a 19-15 lead for the Chargers, New Haven tallied three
straight points en route to a 25-18 win, capped by a Malmlov
service ace.
New Haven captured the match with a 25-19 win in the third game.
After falling behind 5-3 early in the game, the Chargers tallied
four straight points behind the serve of Heather Ladao. Following a
service error by the Dolphins, New Haven turned an 11-9 edge into a
17-9 lead with six straight points on the serve of Tymika Duncan,
including a pair of service aces. The Dolphins answered back with
an 8-4 run to pull within four points, but New Haven closed out the
match with four of the game's next six points.
Cheek led the Dolphins in the match with nine kills, while also
recording nine digs. Junior Krista Prentice (Amherst,
N.Y./Sweet Home) landed six kills and dished out a pair of
assists. Senior setter Kaylin Brainerd (Liverpool,
N.Y./Liverpool) handed out 16 assists, while classmate
Lindsey Gleason (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier)
registered 10 digs.
Le Moyne (11-5, NE-10 3-3) returns to the court on Sunday at Pace
at 1:00 p.m.
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