Volleyball Defeats Fairleigh Dickinson In Straight Sets On The Second Day of the Friar Classic

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Providence College volleyball beats Fairleigh Dickinson in straight sets on the second day of the 14^thAnnual Friar Classic (Sept. 1). With the win the Friars improve their record to 3-2.

FIRST SET HIGHLIGHTS:

The Friars won a back and forth first set 25-22.

Allison Impellizeri (Seaford, N.Y.) and Addison Root (Wichita, Kan.) lead the Friars' attack with six and five kills, respectively.

Root recording a positive hitting percentage in the first set (.625).

Allison Barber (Woodbury, Minn.) leads the Friars in assists (12), while Mackenzie Taylor (Holbrook, N.Y.) leads in digs (seven).

SECOND SET HIGHLIGHTS:

Providence went on a 10-3 streak to take set two, 25-19.

The Friars recorded a .405 hitting percentage in set 2.

Impellizeri lead the Providence attack with five kills.

Barber contributed to the Friars attack with 15 assists.

Taylor and Barber both recorded four digs each.

THIRD SET HIGHLIGHTS:

The Friars went on a 15-1 run to dominate set three, 25-10.

Megan Onyundo (Woodbridge, Va.) served on 14 straight points.

Providence totaled six team blocks in set three alone.

Impellizeri and Lindsey Schaible (Tampa, Fla.) lead the Friars in kills with four apiece.

Barber again set the Friars offense with nine assists in the third set.

Kara Mason (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Mackenzie Taylor tallied eight and five digs, respectively.

MATCH NOTES:

The Friars held the Knights to a .074 hitting percentage throughout the match.

As a team, Providence recorded 50 kills, 45 assists, 49 digs, and nine total team blocks.

The Friars had two players with double digit kills with Impellizeri (15) and Root (12).

Barber tallied a total of 36 assists to lead all players in the match.

Providence had two players with double digit digs with Taylor recording 19 and Mason recording 10.

Impellizeri totaled four block assists in the victory.

WHAT'S NEXT: Providence will return to action tonight for the final match of the 14^thAnnual Friar Volleyball Classic on Saturday, Sept. 1. The Friars will face Brown at 5:30 p.m., followed by a match-up against Brown at 5:30 p.m.

-GO FRIARS-

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Team Stats

Allison Impellizeri

Addison Root

Lindsey Schaible

Megan Onyundo

Players Mentioned

Allison Barber

Allison Impellizeri

Kara Mason

Megan Onyundo

Addison Root

Lindsey Schaible

Mackenzie Taylor