Buchholz leads offense with 11 kills

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RINDGE, N.H. (October 14, 2008) – Senior Nicole Buchholz (Broadlands, Va./Stone Bridge) recorded a match-best 11 kills on Tuesday night to lead the Franklin Pierce University volleyball team to a 3-0 victory over Saint Anselm in Northeast-10 Conference play at Franklin Pierce’s Fieldhouse.

Franklin Pierce ran away with the first set, 25-8, and then finished the match with 25-13 and 25-15 victories in the second and third sets, respectively.

Buchholz was the only Raven to find double digits offensively with her 11 kills. Buchholz and the rest of the Franklin Pierce offense worked off the set of senior Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo, Calif./Adolfo Camarillo), who dished out a match-high 37 assists. No Ravens reached double figures defensively, but junior Katie Ristow (Miami, Fla./Miami Killian) and senior Emily Schultz (Salem, Wis./Westosha Central) led the way with nine digs each.

For Saint Anselm, freshman Rachel Flaherty (Cold Spring, N.Y./Haldane) keyed the offense with 11 assists as freshmen Stephanie Mauer (South Hadley, Mass./South Hadley) and Kelsey Rhodes (Nashua, N.H./Bishop Guertin) each notched four kills. Sophomore Kelly Rudolph (Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park) led the Hawks defensively with 10 digs.

The Ravens (11-14, 4-4 NE-10) return to the court on Saturday, Oct. 18, when they travel to face Saint Rose in a Northeast-10 Conference contest. Match time is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Nolan Gymnasium in Albany, N.Y. Saint Anselm (2-12, 0-8 NE-10) returns to action on Oct. 18 at home against Stonehill.