Blanco Notches 10 Kills And 12 Digs, Thompson Adds Seven Kills As Volleyball Drops 3-0 Northeast-10 Decision At Pace

October 28, 2005

STONEHILL VOLLEYBALL

Friday, October 28, 2005

Goldstein Center, Pleasantville, N.Y.

FINAL:PACE 3, STONEHILL 0

(Game Scores: 30-19, 30-22, 30-22)

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.-- Senior Maja Iljic (Brcko, Yugoslavia) notched 16 kills and 16 digs to lead Pace to a 3-0 Northeast-10 Conference volleyball victory over Stonehill Friday evening by game scores of 30-19, 30-22 and 30-22 in a league match played at the Goldstein Center.

Senior Katie Tucker (Bloomingburg, N.Y.) added 11 kills and six blocks in the triumph for the host Setters (11-11, 6-5 Northeast-10), who also received 35 set assists and six blocks from sophomore Ashley DAgostini (San Diego, Calif.).

Senior Doree Blanco (Warwick, R.I.) paced the visiting Skyhawks (7-18, 4-8 Northeast-10) with 10 kills and 12 digs, while sophomore Sara Thompson (Millis, Mass.) added seven kills in the setback for Stonehill. Senior Mollie Babcock (Gilford, N.H.) chipped in with 17 set assists for the visitors, who also received nine digs from sophomore Rebekah Saunders (Gilford, N.H.).

Stonehill travels to New Haven, Conn. on Saturday afternoon to take on Southern Connecticut in a Northeast-10 outing that begins at 1:00 p.m., while Pace hosts Bryant in a Northeast-10 match on Saturday afternoon at the Goldstein Center beginning at 1:30 p.m.