Providence College Athletics

Friday, August 24
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
4:30 PM (ET)

Providence College

0-1

0
vs
3

Sacred Heart

1-0

1
2
3
F
Sacred Heart
25
25
25
3
Providence
19
14
14
0

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Boston College
L, 0-3

Aug 25 (Sat)

11:00 AM (ET)
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Team Stats

SHU
PC
Kills
35
23
Errors
10
25
Attempts
78
88
Hitting %
.321
-.023
Points
46.0
29.0
Assists
31
21
Aces
4
3
Blocks
7.0
3.0

Game Leaders

2

Addison Root

Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
0
7

Allison Impellizeri

Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
1
4

Megan Onyundo

Kills
4
Aces
1
Blocks
0
0

Jenae Alderson

Kills
3
Aces
0
Blocks
1

Players Mentioned

0

Jenae Alderson

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/ Women's Volleyball
14

Lindsey Schaible

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/ Women's Volleyball
Team Huddle 201

Volleyball Falls To Sacred Heart In Season Opener, 3-0

8/24/2018 7:10:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Friars will face Boston College and Hartford on the final day of the Boston College Invitational.

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. - The Providence College volleyball team opened the 2018 campaign with a 3-0 loss to Sacred Heart on Friday, Aug. 24 at the Boston College Invitational in Chestnut Hill, Mass.  

FIRST SET HIGHLIGHTS:

-Providence trailed 18-17 in the first set, but Sacred Heart out-scored the Friars 7-2 down the stretch to take the victory (25-19).

- Lindsey Schaible (Tampa, Fla.) and Allison Impellizeri (Seaford, N.Y.) combined for six of the Friars' nine kills in the set.

- Mackenzie Taylor (Holbrook, N.Y.) paced Providence with four digs in the opening set as she made her collegiate debut.

SECOND SET HIGHLIGHTS:

- The second set was tied 4-4 in the early going.  However, the Pioneers put together a 13-2 scoring run, including a stretch of six-straight points to take a 17-6 lead. Sacred Heart held firm to earn a 25-14 victory.

- Jenae Alderson (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) led the Friars with three kills and she added two digs.

- Taylor collected four digs to lead the Friars for the second-straight set in that category.

- Attacking errors plagued the Friars, as the team recorded five kills and 10 erros on 32 total attacks (-.156).

THIRD SET HIGHLIGHTS:

- Sacred Heart took the third set, 25-14, clinching the match in straight sets (3-0).

- Preseason All-BIG EAST selection Addison Root (Wichita, Kan.) and Megan Onyundo (Woodbridge, Va.) combined for six of the Friars' nine kills in the set, with three each.

- Taylor and Root each recorded two digs.

MATCH NOTES:

- For the match, Providence hits -.023, featuring 23 kills and 25 errors on 88 total attacks.

- Setter Allison Barber (Woodbury, Minn.) led Providence with 17 assists.

- Taylor finished the match with a team-high 10 digs and added three assists.

- Root finished the day with a team-high five kills.  Onyundo and Impellizeri added four kills each.

WHAT'S NEXT:

Providence will return to action for the final day of the Boston College Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 25.  The Friars will face host Boston College at 11:00 a.m., followed by a match-up against Hartford at 4:30 p.m.

- GO FRIARS! -

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