Oct. 17, 2009

Box Score

North Easton, MA - 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.

The Panthers return to action on October 20 when they travel to Old Westbury, New York for a 7:00 pm meeting with NYIT.

Release courtesy of Stonehill Sports Information