Franklin Pierce Takes Out Saint Michaels in Three Games
Buchholz leads all players with 14 kills; Schultz posts season-high 36 assists
Nicole Buchholz hammered out a
match-best 14 kills on Tuesday at Saint Michael's.
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COLCHESTER, Vt. (October
16, 2007) – Franklin Pierce University received a
match-high 14 kills from junior co-captain Nicole Buchholz
(Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) as the Ravens defeated Saint
Michael’s College by a score of 3-0 (30-26, 30-25, 30-18) in
a Northeast-10 Conference women’s volleyball match on Tuesday
evening at the Ross Sports Center.
Buchholz led a multi-faceted Raven attack with 14 kills and added
four digs and two blocks. Sophomores Caitlynn Parnell
(Medina, Texas/Medina) and Katie Ristow (Miami,
Fla./Miami Killian Senior HS) both recorded nine kills for
the Ravens, while redshirt freshman Michelle Koike (San
Francisco, Calif./Gonzaga University) posted eight kills
and five blocks. Koike’s five blocks tied sophomore teammate
Megan Feldmeth (South Pasadena, Calif./South
Pasadena) for the match high, while Feldmeth also added a
season-high five service aces for the second consecutive match.
Junior Emily Schultz (Salem, Wis./Westosha
Central) also had an excellent match as the Ravens’
primary setter, recording a season-high 36 assists and posting
seven digs and five kills on a blistering .833 hitting
percentage.
Lindsey Frazier (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) was the lone Purple
Knight to reach double-digits in kills with 10 to lead the Saint
Michael’s attack, while Amy Manougian (Rye, N.H./Portsmouth)
recorded 31 assists and 12 digs.
Franklin Pierce pieced together one of its best offensive
performances of the season, with a match hitting percentage of
.248, including five players with percentages of .200 or above.
After taking a pair of tough games to go ahead, 2-0, the Ravens had
16 kills on only five errors (.355) in the third game to cruise to
the victory.
Franklin Pierce (15-12, 9-3 NE-10) moved into a tie for third
place in the Northeast-10 with Merrimack College with the win,
although the Warriors now hold four conference matches in hand on
the Ravens. Franklin Pierce steps out of conference action on
Friday with matches against Dowling and Georgian Court on the
campus of Bryant University, while Saint Michael’s (6-14, 2-8
NE-10) takes part in the Skidmore Tournament beginning on
Friday.