Franklin Pierce Uses Team Effort to Defeat Queens, 3-1
Feldmeth records a career-high 15 kills as four Ravens register double-digit kills
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RINDGE, N.H. (September 21,
2007) – Sophomore Megan Feldmeth (South
Pasadena, Calif./South Pasadena) recorded a career-high 15
kills to lead four Ravens in double figures as the Franklin Pierce
University volleyball team defeated Queens College, 3-1 (30-23,
30-28, 23-30, 30-21) on Friday night in a non-conference match at
the Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse.
Playing once again without leading attacker Caitlynn
Parnell (Medina, Texas/Medina), Franklin Pierce used a
multifaceted attack to take down the Knights. Besides
Feldmeth’s 15 kills, freshman Diana Rutt (Dayton,
Nev./Dayton) set a new career high with 13 kills while
redshirt freshman Michelle Koike (San Francisco,
Calif./Gonzaga University) added 12 and junior co-captain
Nicole Buchholz (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge)
contributed 10.
Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo, Calif./Camarillo)
contributed 51 assists and seven digs for the Ravens, while
freshman libero Chelsie Kohout (Harrison Township,
Mich./L’Anse Creuse) returned from a one-match
absence with a team-best 22 digs.
Queens’ Natalie Edward (Castries, St. Lucia/St.
Joseph’s Convent) led all players with 16 kills and tied for
the game-high with four blocks.
After a back-and-forth first game, Queens sprinted to a 9-0 lead
in game two behind the serving of Milica Mrdak (Bar,
Serbia-Montenegro/Niko Rolovic), who contributed three aces during
the stretch. Down by eight, the Ravens came back with a 9-0 run of
their own on the serve of Hookstadt to turn a 15-7 deficit into a
16-15 lead. The Ravens then scored seven-of-nine points to take an
insurmountable lead.
Queens earned a win in the third game, but Franklin Pierce went on
a 9-2 run after conceding the first four points of the fourth game
to take a lead that the team would not give up.
Franklin Pierce (8-8, 3-1 NE-10), having climbed back to .500
after starting the season 0-4, will take part in the
Northeast-10/ECC Challenge tomorrow at Bentley College, as the
Ravens take on New York Institute of Technology at 2 p.m. and
Dowling at 4:30 p.m. Queens will also take part in the NE-10/ECC
Challenge with matches against Bentley and Merrimack.