Sophomore Laura Huselton led Stonehill with 16 kills, 15
digs and two aces.
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Pace Turns Back Stonehill Rally,
3-2
Setters halt Skyhawks rally
in fifth set; Del Real leads with 21 kills
Boxscore
EASTON, Mass. (October 16,
2009) - Pace University held off a Stonehill College rally
from two sets down to notch a 3-2 (25-19, 25-23, 17-25, 18-25,
15-6) victory in Northeast-10 Conference volleyball action at
Merkert Gymnasium tonight.
Stonehill threatened to rally from
two sets down for the second-straight home match, rolling to
victory in the third and fourth sets, hitting .312 and .375 as a
team respectively in those sets, but had just three kills to seven
hitting errors for a -.118 hitting percentage in the fifth set to
stall the comeback. Both teams entered the match ranked in the
first NCAA Division II East Regional rankings with the Skyhawks
ranked fifth and the Setters sixth.
Freshman Susana Verdugo Del
Real (El Centro, Calif./Southwest) led Pace with a
match-high 21 kills with just seven hitting errors on 44 total
attacks for a .318 hitting percentage to go with nine digs and four
block assists. Junior Sianna Johnson (Long Beach,
Calif./Long Beach Poly) added 14 kills and three block
assists, while classmate Victoria Pompilus (Mount Vernon,
N.Y./Mount Vernon) posted 12 kills and only five errors on
20 total attacks for a .350 hitting percentage and eight
blocks.
Sophomore setter Shea
Hansen (Mesa, Ariz./Red Mountain) dished out 50 assists to
go with six digs and two blocks. Junior Stephanie
Kazmierczak (Buffalo, N.Y./City Honors) and freshman
Elyse Rowland (Antioch, Calif./Deer Valley) each
collected 23 digs, while Kazmierczak also served up four aces.
Freshman Nora Rugova (Mt. Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane)
notched a double-double with ten kills and ten digs.
Sophomore Laura Huselton
(Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) led Stonehill with a
double-double effort of 16 kills and 15 digs to go with a service
ace. Junior Erin Johnson (Centerville,
Mass./Barnstable) contributed 11 kills, five digs and two
block assists, while classmate Laura Noonan (Hampstead,
N.Y./Bishop Guertin) posted nine kills and three block
assists.
Junior setter Andrea Wirth
(Mesa, Ariz./St. Mary's) dished out 42 assists for the
Skyhawks to go with nine digs. Junior Justine Thompson
(Merrimack, N.H./Bishop Guertin) chipped in with a
match-high 27 digs, while sophomore Michelle Thornhill
(Canyon Lake, Calif./Temescal Canyon) contributed 18 digs,
eight kills and two block assists.
Stonehill (11-6, 6-2 NE-10) is
right back in action tomorrow when it hosts Adelphi University,
ranked fourth in the region, at 1 p.m. Pace (13-6, 6-2 NE-10)
visits Bentley University tomorrow at 1 p.m.
