Women’s Volleyball Falls During Non-League Affair at Saint Lawrence

CANTON, N.Y. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s volleyball team broke from league play by taking on Saint Lawrence University on Tuesday evening, losing a 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-15) decision in Burkman Gymnasium.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael’s (1-6), Saint Lawrence (7-8)

SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS

• First-year Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 8 assists, 6 digs
• First-year Aaliyah Huihui-Martinez (Salinas, Calif./Notre Dame), 9 digs, 4 assists
• First-year Sydney Krause (Saginaw, Mich./Valley Lutheran), 8 assists
• Sophomore Haley Stanton (Nashua, N.H./Nashua North), 5 kills
• Junior Brigid Heinrich (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill), 4 kills, 2 blocks
• Junior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]), 4 kills
• Sophomore Caitlin O’Connor (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), 4 kills
• Junior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 3 kills, 3 blocks
• Senior Abby Gallagher (Kingston, Mass./Silver Lake Regional), 3 kills
• Junior Maddie Van Winkle (Medford, Mass./Arlington Catholic), 2 aces

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Annika Kreppein, 11 kills, .400 hitting
• Senior Natalie Piper, 10 kills, 8 digs
• Junior Allie Posnick, 15 assists, 2 aces
• Sophomore Dorian Funk, 10 assists

MATCH FACTS

• The teams were nearly even in numerous categories, with the Purple Knights taking more attacks (90-85), while the Saints had slim advantages in digs (37-30) and aces (7-6).
• The teams met for the first time since Sept. 6, 2013.

THE ACTION

• Piper had two kills as the hosts led 3-0 during the opening set, but the Purple Knights forged three ties, including at 7-7 on Gallagher’s kill, before moving ahead at 9-8 on a ball-handling error. Three Saints had kills in a 6-1 response, and Saint Lawrence eventually led 23-17. Gallagher, Heinrich and Syverson dropped kills during a 5-1 Saint Michael’s run that made it 24-22, but an error gave the hosts the set.
• Four of the first five points in set No. 2 went to Saint Lawrence before consecutive errors allowed the Purple Knights to creep within 6-5. A 6-2 run gave the Saints a 12-7 lead, but back-to-back kills from Heinrich and Báez Rentas trimmed the deficit to 16-15. However, first-year Rachel Boudreau’s two blocks and one kill keyed a clinching 9-1 run.
• Eight kills, four aces and three dual blocks helped the Saints vault to a 17-5 lead in the third set. The Purple Knights countered with a 9-3 run to rally within 20-14, highlighted by two kills from Stanton and consecutive aces from Van Winkle, the first of her…