Sophomore Laura Huselton led Stonehill with a double-double effort of 15 kills and 12 digs this afternoon. |
Adelphi Sweeps by Stonehill, 3-0
Balanced effort lifts Panthers to tenth-straight win
EASTON, Mass. (October 17, 2009) - Adelphi University, ranked fourth in the first NCAA Division II East Regional rankings released this week, picked up its tenth-straight win with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-23) victory over Stonehill College, ranked fifth in the region, in Northeast-10 Conference volleyball action at Merkert Gymnasium this afternoon.
Junior setter Heather Mau (Honolulu, Hawaii/Maryknoll) engineered a balanced offensive effort for Adelphi with 43 assists to go with 12 digs and four service aces. Senior Kelsey Hackett (Alta Loma, Calif./Los Osos) posted 13 kills with just four errors on 22 total attacks for a .409 hitting percentage, while junior Hilary Pavels (North Woodmere, N.Y./Valley Stream South) added a double-double effort of ten kills and 13 digs.
Freshman Chelsea Overholt (Centreville, Va./Flint Hill School) chipped in eight kills with just one error and three blocks (two solo). Senior Amy Williams (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North) contributed a match-high 19 digs.
Junior Erin Johnson had nine kills with no errors for the Skyhawks. |
Sophomore Laura Huselton (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) led Stonehill with a match-high 15 digs with only one hitting error on 36 total attacks for a .389 hitting percentage to go with 12 digs and two blocks. Junior Erin Johnson (Centerville, Mass./Barnstable) added nine kills with no errors on 27 attacks for a .333 hitting percentage, while sophomore Michelle Thornhill (Canyon Lake, Calif./Temescal Canyon) posted eight kills and a team-best 15 digs.
Junior setter Andrea Wirth (Mesa, Ariz./St Mary's) dished out 31 assists for the Skyhawks, while classmate Justine Thompson (Merrimack, N.H./Bishop Guertin) chipped in 12 digs.
Adelphi won a tight first set by scoring the final three points. Hackett and senior Audrey Goss (Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain) posted kills and the Panthers closed the set out with a Stonehill attack error. Trailing 12-11 in the second set, Adelphi rallied with an 8-0 run to take command 19-12 after a Goss kill. Mau served up three aces during that stretch as she was on serve for seven-straight points.
Adelphi hit .306 as a team and never trailed in the third set to close out the victory and remain perfect in NE-10 play this season. Two-straight kills from junior Laura Noonan (Hampstead, N.H./Bishop Guertin) drew the Skyhawks within 24-23 after they had trailed by as much as four points as late as 20-16. However the last ditch rally stalled there when Pavels closed out the set with a kill.
Stonehill (11-7, 6-3 NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday as it looks to bounce back when it hosts Franklin Pierce University at 7 p.m. Adelphi (18-6, 9-0 NE-10) visits New York Institute of Technology on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
