Syracuse, N.Y. – Kaisa Dowd tallied 17 kills to lead Stonehill College to a 3-0 win over the Le Moyne College volleyball team on Saturday afternoon at Ted Grant Court at the Donald J. Savage '51 Basketball Arena.
The Skyhawks jumped out to an 8-4 lead in the opening set before the Dolphins answered with five of the next six points to even the score at nine apiece. Following two points from each team, Stonehill posted a 5-1 run to open up a 16-12 lead. Le Moyne countered with five points in a row to take its first lead. After the teams split the next 10 points, the Skyhawks ran off four straight points to take the set, 25-22.
After Le Moyne took leads of 5-3 and 9-7 in the second set, Stonehill rattled off 12 straight points for a 19-9 lead. The Dolphins countered with a 13-3 jaunt to tie the set at 22 apiece. Stonehill napped the run with a pair of blocks and then Dowd closed out the set with a kill for a 25-23 win.
The teams went back and forth to open the third set before the Dolphins scored four straight points to take a 9-7 lead. The Skyhawks countered with five of the next six points to regain the lead. The teams traded points over the next nine points as the Dolphins got within 16-15. Stonehill scored three in a row and four of the next five for a 20-16 advantage. After the Dolphins landed a kill, the Skyhawks scored the final five points of the set for a 25-17 win to close out the match.
First year opposite
Gabriella Schemidt (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield East) led the Dolphins with seven kills on a .429 hitting percentage and added two blocks. First year
Katie Barbour (Durham, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons) and third year
Skylar Jehlen (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) split the setting duties with 14 and 11 assists, respectively, while Jehlen had five digs and Barbour had three. First year libero
Aubrey Kimball (Greensboro, N.C./Cornerstone Charter Academy) led the defense with seven digs.
Dowd registered a .464 hitting percentage on her way to her 17 kills, while adding a pair of blocks. Haley Herndon finished with 13 kills and a .458 hitting percentage to go with six digs. Addy Frye just missed a double-double with nine kills and 13 digs. Kendra Sawyer facilitated the offense with 41 assists and added four digs. Kristina Bishop joined Frye in posting 13 digs.
Le Moyne starts its final road series of the regular season on Friday at Central Connecticut State University at 6:00 p.m.
