Colchester, Vt. – Senior setter
Megan Maisonet (Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush) registered her 11th double-double of the season to lead the Le Moyne College volleyball team to a 3-0 win at Saint Michael's College on Friday evening in Northeast-10 Conference action in the Ross Sports Center.
In the opening set of the match, the Purple Knights took an 8-7 lead before the Dolphins recorded four straight points and seven of the next nine points to take a four-point advantage. Saint Michael's crept within 21-18, but Le Moyne tallied the final four points, the last on a block by sophomore
Mackenzie Marple (Covington, Pa./Wellsboro) and freshman
Danica Durdines (Alta Loma, Calif./Los Osos), to close out the set.
The second set featured back-and-forth action over the first 30 points of the set, resulting in a 15-15 tie. The Dolphins then posted three straight points and seven of the next nine to take a 22-17 lead. Saint Michael's scored four straight points to get within one, but the Dolphins recorded the final three points of the set.
The Dolphins jumped out to a 9-7 lead in the third set, but the Purple Knights registered four consecutive points to reverse the two-point margin. After the teams traded the next four points, Le Moyne took control of the set with seven straight points for an 18-13 advantage. Following a service ace by Saint Michael's to get within four, the Dolphins tallied three consecutive points and four of the last six to close out the match.
Maisonet's double-double consisted of 46 assists and 11 digs, while she added two blocks, two service aces and a kill. The 46 assists are a career-high for a three-set match, eclipsing her previous top mark of 41 at Franklin Pierce on October 23, 2011. Sophomore outside hitter
Natalie Casson (Kingman, Ariz./Kingman) registered a match-high 16 kills, while hitting at a .375-clip, and posted five digs. Classmate
Andrea Buchanan (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) tallied her sixth double-double of the campaign with 11 kills and 10 digs, while fellow sophomore
Allegra Lee Bell (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) registered 10 kills, three digs and three blocks. Sophomore libero
Annie Stoklosa (Victor, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy) led the Dolphins defensively with 16 digs.
Le Moyne (7-10, 4-4 NE-10), which has won four of its last six Northeast-10 matches, is back on the court on Saturday at Saint Anselm College at 1:00 p.m.