Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Dominican University New York Athletics
LADY CHARGERS VOLLEYBALL FALL AT YELLOW JACKET INVITATIONAL
September 9, 2011

LADY CHARGERS VOLLEYBALL FALL AT YELLOW JACKET INVITATIONAL

Springfield, MA (9/9/11) The Dominican College women's volleyball team dropped two matches today at the Yellow Jacket Invitational Tournament hosted by American International College. DC lost to the host AIC, 3-0 in their first match of the tournament and then fell to St. Mary's University of Texas, 3-0 to fall to 2-4 overall on the season.

Video Live stats Box Score Box Score Box Score Box Score

Springfield, MA (9/9/11)  The Dominican College women's volleyball team dropped two matches today at the Yellow Jacket Invitational Tournament hosted by American International College.  DC lost to the host AIC, 3-0 in their first match of the tournament and then fell to St. Mary's University of Texas, 3-0  to fall to 2-4 overall on the season.

Match One: In their first match of the tournament, the Lady Chargers fell to the host, American International College, 3-0 (23-25, 18-25, 15-25).

The lady Chargers quickly took a 4-1 lead in the first set, but the Yellow Jackets came back to tie the set at 7-7 and used a 10-5 run to go up 17-12.  Facing set point, the Lady Chargers used an AIC attack error and a kill from freshman Kayla Dexter (Selah, WA) to pull within a point (24-23), but the Yellow Jackets closed out the set with a kill for the 25-23 win.  AIC never trailed in sets two or three in the 3-0 match win.

Dexter led the team with nine kills, while junior Courtney Heard (Ventura, CA) added eight kills.  Setter Whitney Ranger (Ventura, CA) had a team leading 23 assists.

Match Two:  In the second match, Heard led the DC attack with five kills.  Dexter finished with four kills, while Ranger finished with 18 assists.  Libero Jordyn Fuller (Keller, TX) tallied 15 defensive digs in the loss.

Dominican returns to action tomorrow at the Yellow Jacket Invitational where they will take on Holy Family University in a non-conference match and Dowling College.

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.