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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, September 17
Providence, R.I.
4:00 PM
Providence College
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Sacred Heart (Friar Invitational)
Volleyball Defeats Sacred Heart, 3-2
9/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 17, 2005
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College volleyball team (1-11) picked up its first win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Sacred Heart (2-6) in day two of the Friar Invitational.
In the fourth match of the afternoon, the host Friars took on Sacred Heart. The Friars jumped out to an early 11-7 lead, but Sacred Heart responded with a 9-5 spurt to knot it at 16-all. As the teams continued to battle to a 20-20 tie, PC went on a run to surge ahead, 24-21 forcing the Pioneers into a timeout. It was not enough to stop the momentum as the Friars closed out the first game on a 6-1 run and win the game, 30-22. Baker totaled 10 kills in the first game alone, while Fiorvanti had 12 assists. As a team, PC posted an hitting percentage of .288 in the first game.
Things were drastically different in the second game as the teams were tied early on, 5-5. SHU went on a 7-2 run and opened up a 15-7 advantage. The SHU lead would grow to as many as 11 points, 20-9, but PC would make a late push to cut it to six, 26-20 and 22-28. But Sacred Heart would hold on for the 30-23 victory. The Pioneers also won game three, 30-19, but PC came back with a 30-28 victory to force a game five.
PC held a 9-3 lead in the fifth game, and held on for a 15-9 victory. Five different Sacred Heart players turned in double-digit dig performances including freshman libero Katie Thomas (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) who totaled 23 digs and senior Michelle Clarke (Baltimore, Md.) who had 45 assists and 26 digs. For the Friars, Little turned in one of the top performances of her young collegiate career notching a match-high 49 digs. Classmate Nonie Ferguson (Davie, Fla.) also had a break out match totaling 15 kills while maintaining a .217 hitting percentage. Freshman Elizabeth Flynn (Bellerose, N.Y.) was solid with nine kills and a team-best .226 hitting percentage. Senior Allison Baker (Glastonbury, Conn.) had 24 kills along with 14 digs, while senior Annie Fiorvanti (Northport, N.Y.) had 32 assists and 13 digs.
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