Volleyball Claims 14th Annual Friar Volleyball Classic

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Providence College volleyball defeated Brown in the final match of the 14^thAnnual Friar Classic, 3-1, on Sept. 1. With the victory the Friars claimed the tournament title and improved their record to 4-2.

FIRST SET HIGHLIGHTS:

The Friars dropped the first set to the Bears 25-22 after a back and forth battle throughout.

Providence tallied four total team blocks in the first set.

Allison Impellizeri (Seaford, N.Y.) led the Friars' attack with four kills, hitting a positive .667 percent.

Allison Barber (Woodbury, Minn.) led the Friars in assists (eight), while Kara Mason (Boca Raton, Fla.) led in digs (five).

Lindsey Schaible (Tampa, Fla.) recorded a total of three block assists in the first set.

SECOND SET HIGHLIGHTS:

Providence went on a 9-0 scoring run to rally back in the set two and take a 25-23 victory.

The Friars were down by seven, 23-16, before they came back to win the set.

The Friars held the Bears to a .098 hitting percentage.

Barber served the last eight points to win the second set.

Impellizeri and Schaible lead the Providence attack with three kills, while Megan Onyundo (Woodbridge, Va.), Addison Root (Wichita, Kan.) and Barber all had 2 kills respectively.

Barber also contributed to the Friars attack with 10 assists.

Mackenzie Taylor (Holbrook, N.Y.) helped defensively leading the Friars in digs (six).

THIRD SET HIGHLIGHTS:

The Friars went on a 9-3 run late in set three to win, 25-23.

Schaible and Root led the Friars' offense with six and five kills, respectively.

Barber contributing to the Friars attack with 17 assists.

Taylor and Root lead Providence in digs was nine and six apiece.

FOURTH SET HIGHLIGHTS:

The Friars won the fourth set 29-27 after battling back late.

Providence recorded three team blocks.

Jenae Alderson (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) lead the Friars' attack in the fourth set with seven kills.

Barber tallied 14 assists in the last set to help the Friar offense.

Freshman Mackenzie Taylor again lead Providence in digs (six) in the fourth set.

MATCH NOTES:

As a team, Providence recorded 58 kills, 54 assists, 77 digs and 10 total team blocks.

The Friars had four players with double-digit kills with Alderson (10), Root (14), Impellizeri (12) and Schaible (14).

Root recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs.

Barber tallied a total of 49 assists to lead all players in the match.

Providence had four players with double-digit digs with Taylor recording 24, Mason recording 10, Barber 13 and Root 12.

Providence's Barber received the MVP for the 14^thAnnual Friar Classic Tournament.

Alongside Barber, teammates Schaible and Impellizeri earned All-Tournament Team honors.

Brown's Sabrina Stillwell and Kristin Sellers also were named to the All-Tournament Team, in addition to Lindsey Viscardis and Mailia Randolph from UMass Lowell and Erika Sullivan from Fairleigh Dickinson.

WHAT'S NEXT: The Providence College volleyball team will travel to Kansas City, Mo. for the Kangaroo Classic on Sept. 7-8. The Friars will play a total of four teams, SIUE, Arkansas State, Southeast Missouri State and UMKC. Providence's first match of the tournament will be against SIUE on Sept. 7 at 12:00 P.M.

-GO FRIARS-

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Team Stats

Addison Root

Lindsey Schaible

Allison Impellizeri

Jenae Alderson

Players Mentioned

Jenae Alderson

Allison Barber

Allison Impellizeri

Kara Mason

Megan Onyundo

Addison Root

Lindsey Schaible

Mackenzie Taylor