Volleyball Wraps Up Regular Season With 3-1 Loss At Stonehill
Buchholz leads Ravens with 11 kills
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Nicole Buchholz contributed 11 kills on Saturday afternoon at
Stonehill.RINDGE, N.H. (November 8, 2008) –
Freshman Michelle Thornhill (Canyon Lake, Calif./Temescal Canyon)
piled up 20 kills and 16 digs on Saturday afternoon to lead
Stonehill to a 3-1 victory over the Franklin Pierce University
volleyball team in Northeast-10 Conference play at Merkert
Gymnasium. Senior Nicole Buchholz
(Broadlands, Va./Stone Bridge) led the Ravens in defeat with
11 kills.
Franklin Pierce took the first set, 25-18, but was swept from
there, as the Ravens dropped the next three sets, 25-21, 25-16 and
25-21, respectively.
Buchholz led the Ravens with 11 kills on the afternoon and was
joined in double digits offensively by sophomore Diana Rutt (Dayton, Nev./Dayton), who
collected 10 kills. Senior Karissa
Hookstadt (Camarillo, Calif./Adolfo Camarillo) organized the
Franklin Pierce attack with 40 assists. Defensively, sophomore
Chelsie Kohout (Harrison Township,
Mich./L’Anse Creuse) and junior Caitlynn Parnell (Medina, Texas/Medina)
each found their way to double figures with 19 and 16 digs,
respectively.
For Stonehill, Thornhill led all players with 20 kills while senior
Katherine Masson (Acushnet, Mass./New Bedford) contributed 14
kills. The Skyhawks ran the offense through sophomore Andrea Wirth
(Mesa, Ariz./St. Mary’s), who dished out a match-best 53
assists. On the defensive side of the ball, Thornhill and Wirth
completed double-doubles with 16 and 12 digs, respectively, while
sophomore Therese Mance (Milwaukee, Wis./Divine Savior) led the way
with a match-high 21 digs. Sophomore Laura Noonan (Hampstead,
N.H./Bishop Guertin) led all players with five blocks (two
solo).
Franklin Pierce (17-17, 8-6 NE-10) and Stonehill (20-10, 8-6 NE-10)
both finished up their regular season schedules with
Saturday’s match. Both teams have qualified for the
Northeast-10 Conference Championships, to be hosted next weekend by
Pace in Pleasantville, N.Y. Quarterfinals are scheduled for Friday,
Nov. 14, while the semifinal and final rounds will take place on
Saturday, Nov. 15.