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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO CALDWELL COLEGE
September 18, 2009

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO CALDWELL COLEGE

Caldwell, NJ. (9/17/09 The Caldwell College volleyball team swept Dominican College, 25-21, 25-16, 25-22 in a clash between Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference North Division rivals Thursday night in the George R. Newman Center. The win is the second in a row over a divisional opponent for the Cougars (4-6 overall, 2-0 CACC), who beat Bloomfield College on Tuesday. The loss is the first in league play for the Lady Chargers (7-5, 3-1 CACC).

Box Score

Caldwell, NJ (9/17/09)   The Caldwell College volleyball team swept Dominican College, 25-21, 25-16, 25-22 in a clash between Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference North Division rivals Thursday night in the George R. Newman Center. The win is the second in a row over a divisional opponent for the Cougars (4-6 overall, 2-0 CACC), who beat Bloomfield College on Tuesday. The loss is the first in league play for the Lady Chargers (7-5, 3-1 CACC).

The two teams battled back and forth in the first set, with neither team leading by more than two points through the first 40 points of the set. With the score 20-19 in favor of Caldwell, the Cougars strung four points together to reach set point. After Dominican tallied the next two points, sophomore middle blocker Titilola Alao (Ossining, NY) recorded the final point with a kill to win the first set, 25-21.

In the second set, Caldwell again had three attack errors and nine kills en route to a 25-16 victory. 

Like the first set, the third set remained close throughout. Caldwell broke a 20-20 tie and held on to win, 25-22, with a kill by freshman outside hitter Susan McDonough (Saline, MI) giving the Cougars the set and match.

Freshman outside hitter Michelle Fiorvanti (Commack, NY) led the Lady Chargers with nine kills.  Freshman Courtney Heard (Ventura, CA) added seven kills, with setter Whitney Ranger (Ventura, CA) had 19 assists.  Junior Catherine Giordano (Stony Point, NY) had a team leading 14 digs.

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.