Sophomore Laura Huselton posted a match-high 12 kills with
five digs and an ace in tonight's sweep of Assumption.
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Stonehill Sweeps Assumption, 3-0
Wirth dishes 32 assists as
Skyhawks win eighth of last nine
WORCESTER, Mass. (October
13, 2009) - Stonehill College picked up its eighth win
over its last nine contests with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-12)
victory at Assumption College in Northeast-10 Conference volleyball
action at Laska Gymnasium tonight.
Junior setter Andrea Wirth
(Mesa, Ariz./St. Mary's) led a balanced Stonehill attack
as she dished out 32 assists to go with nine digs and three service
aces. Sophomore Laura Huselton (Penfield,
N.Y./Penfield) posted a match-high 12 kills to go with
five digs and an ace, while junior Laura Noonan (Hampstead,
N.Y./Bishop Guertin) added nine kills with just three
errors on 12 total attacks for a .500 hitting percentage, five digs
and three blocks.
Junior Erin Johnson
(Centerville, Mass./Barnstable) contributed with eight
kills and only two errors on 17 attacks for a .353 hitting
percentage. Classmate Justine Thompson (Merrimack,
N.H./Bishop Guertin) posted a match-high 17 digs, while
freshman Erin Kelly (Tinley Park, Ill./Marist)
chipped in ten.
Junior Andrea Wirth dished out a match-high 32 assists to
go with nine digs and three service aces.
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Junior Aimee Drainville
(Rockville, R.I./Chariho) led Assumption with eight kills,
while senior Kelly Blumenauer (Islip Terrace, N.Y./East
Islip) dished out 20 assists to go with four assists,
three kills and a block assist. Freshman Steph Whooten
(Norton, Mass./Bishop Feehan) chipped in with ten digs and
three service aces.
A Whooten service ace knotted set
one at 22-22, but Stonehill recovered to win the final three points
on an Assumption attack error and back-to-back Noonan kills. The
final three-point margin matched the largest for either team in the
opening frame. The Greyhounds held a 12-9 advantage in the second
set after two-straight Skyhawk hitting errors - one on a block from
sophomore Kristen Lamoureux (Dover, N.H./St. Thomas
Aquinas). However, Stonehill recovered with five-straight
points, two off Huselton kills, to regain the lead (14-12) and
never relinquished it in the set again.
Stonehill used a 10-1 run to turn
an early 3-1 deficit in set three into a commanding 11-4 advantage
on its way to sealing the victory. Huselton posted five kills
during the run, while Wirth served up three-straight aces during a
later stretch that pushed the Skyhawks lead to 16-5.
Stonehill (11-5, 6-1 NE-10) is back
in action on Friday when it hosts Pace University at Merkert
Gymnasium at 7 p.m. Assumption (1-13, 0-7 NE-10) visits Franklin
Pierce University on Friday at 7 p.m.
