Women’s Volleyball Loses NE10 Road Decision at Assumption

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s volleyball team lost to Assumption University, 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-17), on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference action in Laska Gymnasium.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael’s (1-4, 0-2 NE10), Assumption (4-3, 2-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS

• Senior Abby Gallagher (Kingston, Mass./Silver Lake Regional), 8 kills, 11 digs, 2 aces
• Sophomore Caitlin O’Connor (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), 6 kills
• Junior Brigid Heinrich (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill), 4 kills
• Junior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]), 3 kills, 2 blocks
• First-year Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 15 assists, 10 digs
• First-year Syrah Wright (Richmond, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union), 9 digs, 2 assists
• First-year Aaliyah Huihui-Martinez (Salinas, Calif./Notre Dame), 7 digs
• Junior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 3 aces

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Alexis Distastio, 11 kills, .526 hitting
• First-year Carly Goodhue, 8 kills
• First-year Ruthie Ridderhoff, 7 kills
• Junior Kyra Belden, 20 assists
• First-year Barabara Illig, 16 digs
• Sophomore Malia Shields, 13 digs

THE ACTION

• Heinrich’s kill kept Saint Michael’s within 5-3 in the opening set before six of the next seven points went to the Greyhounds, with the lead eventually bulging to 19-8. Four aces, including three in a row by Curley, keyed the visitors rallying within 24-17, but Goodhue dropped a kill to clinch the set.
• Assumption scored the first four points of set No. 2, eventually leading 13-2. The Purple Knights were only outscored 12-11 from there, as Syverson notched three kills in that time.
• The Purple Knights led by a point three times early in the third set, twice on Gallagher kills, before a 4-0 run later gave the Greyhounds an 11-6 advantage. Another Gallagher kill made it 13-10, and she put down another kill to keep Saint Michael’s within 16-12 before an ensuing error gave the hosts a five-point lead, and they never again led by fewer than four points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S MATCH

• Next Saturday vs. Bentley University, 1 p.m.