Buchholz leads the Ravens with 13 kills and seven blocks on the evening

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WORCESTER, Mass. (September 25, 2007) – Jessica Haller (Meriden, Conn./Maloney) led all players with 17 kills as Assumption College defeated Franklin Pierce University by a score of 3-1 (32-30, 30-25, 29-31, 30-24) in a Northeast-10 Conference women’s volleyball match on Tuesday evening at Laska Gymnasium.

Junior co-captains Nicole Buchholz (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) and Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo, Calif./Camarillo) paced Franklin Pierce on the night, as Buchholz led the Ravens with 13 kills and seven blocks while Hookstadt recorded 40 assists, six kills and six digs. Freshman libero Chelsie Kohout (Harrison Township, Mich./L’Anse Creuse) added 25 digs to lead all players, while junior Emily Schultz (Salem, Wis./Westosha Central) set a new career high with 24 digs.

For the Greyhounds, Haller had a double-double with a match-high 17 kills and 15 digs while teammate Jenna Costin (Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield) recorded 16 kills and five digs.

The undermanned Ravens held tough against Assumption on the Greyhounds’ home court, battling hard before dropping a tough 32-30 game one. After a loss in the second game, the visitors forced a fourth game with a hard-fought 31-29 win in the game three.

Franklin Pierce (9-10, 3-2 NE-10) will return home to the Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse for a five-match homestand, beginning on Friday night with a Northeast-10 matchup against Pace University at 7 p.m. Assumption (10-3, 3-2 NE-10) will take on Le Moyne College Saturday at noon.