Volleyball Splits Tri-Match; Defeats Concordia, Falls To Merrimack
Feldmeth chalks up 14 kills against Concordia
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Megan Feldmeth hammered out a season-best 14 kills as the Ravens swept Concordia on Saturday afternoon. |
RINDGE, N.H. (September 12,
2009) – Senior Megan Feldmeth (South
Pasadena, Calif.) racked up 14 kills and a .667 hitting
percentage on Saturday afternoon to lead the Franklin Pierce
University volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep over Concordia in
non-conference play at Franklin Pierce’s Fieldhouse. Later in
the day, juniors Molly Cindric and Megan Murray each tallied 10
kills to lead Merrimack to a 3-0, non-conference sweep of Franklin
Pierce.
The Ravens defeated Concordia by set scores of 25-18, 25-14 and
25-7 and were done in by Merrimack by scores of 25-17, 25-9 and
25-19. In the middle match of the day, Merrimack swept past
Concordia, 25-9, 25-8 and 25-14.
With the split, Franklin Pierce is now 2-5 (0-0 Northeast-10),
while Merrimack improves to 6-2 (0-0 Northeast-10) with the pair of
victories. With the losses, Concordia falls to 0-6 (0-0 Central
Atlantic).
Against Concordia, Feldmeth posted a season-best and match-high 14
kills to lead the offense, as she worked off the set of junior
Pamela Walker (Chino Hills, Calif.), who dished
out a match-best 26 assists. On the other side of the net, junior
libero Chelsie Kohout (Harrison Township, Mich.)
led the defense and tied for the match lead with eight digs, while
Feldmeth recorded a pair of block assists. Senior Katie
Ristow (Miami, Fla.) served up five aces, including a pair
in the third set.
For the Clippers, freshman Courtney Hanson (five kills) and
sophomore Amanda Margedant (eight assists) led the offensive effort
while Margedant added eight digs to match Kohout defensively.
Hanson and sophomore Alicia Oberle each recorded a pair of block
assists in the losing effort for Concordia.
Franklin Pierce hit .333 for the match with 38 kills and 13 errors
over 75 attempts. Concordia posted a -.053 hitting percentage as
they recorded 12 kills and made 15 errors over 57 attacks. The
Ravens controlled play throughout much of the match and put the
contest on ice by running off the first 12 points of the third set,
including a run of 11 consecutive points on the serve of
Ristow.
Against Merrimack, Walker led the way for Franklin Pierce with her
second double-double of the season, as she handed out 17 assists
and racked up a match-best 20 digs. Defensively, Kohout joined
Walker in double figures with 13 digs while Walker also led the
Ravens with a pair of blocks (one solo). Offensively, senior
Caitlynn Parnell (Medina, Texas) led the way with
eight kills, while Ristow served up three more aces.
For the Warriors, Cindric and Murray paced the offense with 10
kills each, working off the set of junior Elyse Lorenz, who guided
the offense with 28 assists. On the defensive side of the year,
junior libero Alyssa Pickert (15 digs) and freshman Natalee Yeazle
(13) each posted double-digit efforts, while Murray and Yeazle each
tallied three block assists.
The offense disappeared for Franklin Pierce against Merrimack, as
the Ravens piled up 24 errors against 23 kills in 105 swings to
record a -.010 hitting percentage. Meanwhile, Merrimack fired off
39 kills to 10 errors in 114 attacks to hit .254.
After the Ravens put up a fight in the first set before losing the
final five points to fall 25-17, Merrimack took control of the
match by hammering out 16 kills to just one error to hit .536 en
route to taking the second set, 25-9. Holding a 5-2 lead early in
the set, the Warriors ran off six consecutive points on the serve
of junior Heidi Wroblicky and never looked back.
The Ravens return to the court on Friday, Sept. 18, when they host
New York Institute of Technology in the Northeast-10/East Coast
Conference Challenge. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the
Fieldhouse.