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DOMINICAN FALLS ON DAY TWO OF FLAGLER INVITATIONAL
September 5, 2015

DOMINICAN FALLS ON DAY TWO OF FLAGLER INVITATIONAL

St. Augustine, Fla. (9/5/15) The Dominican College volleyball team fell to 0-4 overall and losing two matches today at the Flagler Invitational. DC fell to the host, 3-0 (12-25, 15-25, 10-25) and lost to Converse College, 3-1 (18-25, 20-25, 25-16, 27-29) in their last match of the tournament.

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St. Augustine, Fla. (9/5/15)  The Dominican College volleyball team fell to 0-4 overall and losing two matches today at the Flagler Invitational.  DC fell to the host, 3-0 (12-25, 15-25, 10-25) and lost to Converse College, 3-1 (18-25, 20-25, 25-16, 27-29) in their last match of the tournament.

Match One:  In the loss to Flagler, junior Cortney Yeoman (Glenn Dale, Md.) posted a team best six kills and a .400 attack percentage.

Freshman Kelly Murphy (Evergreen, Colo.) added four kills and three defensive digs.

Senior captain Amanda Hallstein* (Holtsville, N.Y.) had a team best nine defensive digs and 15 assists.

Angela Kim (Marlton, N.J.) added four digs in the loss.

Match Two: The Valkyries took the first two sets, but the Lady Chargers rallied by jumping out to an 11-3 advantage in the third set an using a kill from Yeoman to secure a 25-16 win.

In the third set win, DC had their best team attack percentage at .222.

The fourth decisive set saw Dominican take a 10-7 lead on a kill from senior Ashley Joyner (Edgewood, Md.).  A 5-0 Converse run put them up, 12-10, but the Lady Chargers charged back with a 5-1 run to regain a 15-13 edge.

Later tied at 27-all, two consecutive Valkyries points gave them the 29-27 win and 3-1 match victory.

Murphy had a collegiate high 10 kills and eight digs.

Yeoman and Joyner each had nine kills a-piece in the loss, while Joyner posted a .438 attack percentage and Yeoman finished with a .368 attack percentage.

Kim had a season high 10 digs, while Hallstein had a team high 28 assists.

Dominican will have their home opener on Tuesday night against Mercy College.  Game time is set for 7pm on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

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.