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#1S PHILADELPHIA RAMS EDGE #4N WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
November 17, 2015

#1S PHILADELPHIA RAMS EDGE #4N WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Philadelphia, Pa. (11/17/15) The Philadelphia University volleyball team, the overall top seed, edged the Dominican College women's volleyball team, the fourth seed in the North Division, 3-2 this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Volleyball Quarter-Final game played at the Gallagher Center.

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Philadelphia, Pa. (11/17/15)  The Philadelphia University volleyball team, the overall top seed, edged the Dominican College women's volleyball team, the fourth seed in the North Division, 3-2 this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Volleyball Quarter-Final game played at the Gallagher Center.

Philadelphia took the opening set by the score of 25-13 and opened the second set with a 5-3.  DC rallied with an 8-1 run, capped off by a kill from senior Amanda Hallstein* (Holtsville, N.Y.), to pull ahead 11-6 and later extended the lead to 17-10 on a kill from Kelly Murphy (Evergreen, Colo.).  A Ram attack error gave the Lady Chargers the 25-20 victory.

Neither team led by more than two points in the third set and was tied at 24-all when back-to-back Philadelphia errors gave Dominican a 26-24 win and 2-1 match lead.

The Rams jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the fourth set and led by as many as 11 points en route to a 25-19 set victory and force the decisive fifth game.

The fifth set belonged to the top seed as they quickly took an 8-0 lead and went on to the 15-4 win and 3-2 match victory.

Senior Ashley Joyner (Edgewood, Md.) led Dominican in her final game as she tallied a career high 15 kills, recorded a .333 attack percentage, and had five block assists.

Murphy finished with nine kills and 11 defensive digs.

Hallstein had a team high 29 assists in her last game, completed the double-double with 11 digs and added five block assists.

Starting libero Angela Kim (Marlton, N.J.) had 10 digs in the loss.

Philadelphia advances to the CACC Semi-Finals where they will take on #2N Bloomfield College on Friday afternoon.

Dominican concludes the season with an overall record of 6-26.

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.