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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL UPENDS PURPLE KNIGHTS
September 23, 2025

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL UPENDS PURPLE KNIGHTS

Box Score

Orangeburg, N.Y. (9/23/25)  The Dominican University New York women's volleyball team defeated the visiting Purple Knights of the University of Bridgeport, 3-2, this evening in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played on Coach Baxter Court in the Hennessy Center.

With the win the Lady Chargers improve to 4-5 overall and 1-0 in conference play.

The Lady Chargers won the opening match 25-22, but UB took the second 25-18.  DUNY used a 25-20 third set victory to put them ahead 2-1, but Bridgeport took the fourth set 25-17 to force the decisive fifth set.  In the final set, Dominican jumped out to an 11-1 lead and never looked back en route to a 15-5 set win and 3-2 match victory.

The opening set saw the scored tied at 22-all when freshman Trinity Parkin recorded a kill to put the team ahead.  Back-to-back UB errors allowed the Lady Chargers to claim the 25-22 set win.

Dominican never trailed in the third set, outscoring their opponent 10-4 over the first 14 points en route to the 25-20 set win.

In the fifth set, Parkin served for seven straight points to allow the Lady Chargers take a commanding 11-1 lead.  Ahead 14-5, the duo of Kaeden Sanstead and Leila Ortiz recorded the match-winning block assist.  The Lady Chargers posted a .667 attack percentage in the finale, recording 11 kills and just one error.

Junior Layla Shipley led three Lady Chargers in double figures with a career high 12 kills in the victory.

Savannah Tody added 11 kills, a .333 attack percentage and four defensive digs, while Alexandria De Iasi recorded 10 kills and 11 digs.

Setter Sanstead tallied 34 assists and 15 digs, with Parkin finishing the match with five service aces and 12 digs.

Haile Comeau had 11 digs in the win.

The Lady Chargers are scheduled to return to action next Tuesday evening when they travel to non-conference opponent, Southern Connecticut State University.

 

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.