Rowinski tallies first career double-double

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RINDGE, N.H. (October 7, 2009) – Sophomore Dana Rowinski (Dix Hills, N.Y.) tied for the match lead with 10 kills and added 11 digs on Wednesday night to record her first career double-double and lead the Franklin Pierce University volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of Saint Anselm in Northeast-10 Conference play at Franklin Pierce’s Fieldhouse. Sophomore Charlotte Tencza matched Rowinski with 10 kills for Saint Anselm in defeat.

Franklin Pierce took a hotly-contested first set, 27-25, before finishing out the match with a pair of 25-18 victories in the second and third sets. With the win, Franklin Pierce improves to 5-13 (2-4 Northeast-10), while Saint Anselm falls to 5-10 (1-6 Northeast-10) with the loss.

For Franklin Pierce, Rowinski led the way offensively with her 10 kills, while senior Megan Feldmeth (South Pasadena, Calif.) added eight kills of her own with just one error over 11 attacks to rack up a match-best .636 hitting percentage. Junior setter Pamela Walker (Chino Hills, Calif.) dished out 31 assists on the evening (10.33 per set), while senior Caitlynn Parnell (Medina, Texas) picked up a match-best three service aces without an error over 13 serves.

Defensively, Feldmeth led the Ravens with five block assists and Parnell added four blocks of her own (one solo) as the team collected nine blocks in the match, one off its season high. Junior libero Chelsie Kohout (Harrison Township, Mich.) led the Ravens with 13 digs, while Rowinski added 11 of her own to complete the first double-double of her career.

For Saint Anselm, Tencza led the way with 10 kills, while no other Hawk mustered more than three. The offense ran through the set of sophomore Rachel Flaherty, who handed out 21 assists on the evening. Defensively, freshman Margaret Tereschuk led all players with 19 digs and was joined in double digits by Tencza, who picked up 12 digs to finish her own double-double. Sophomore Stephanie Mauer led the Hawks with three blocks (one solo).

Trailing 23-24 late in a back-and-forth third set, the Ravens got a gift on a Saint Anselm service error to even the set at 24-24. Parnell then stuffed a Tencza attack to record a block, give Franklin Pierce a 25-24 and force Saint Anselm to take its second timeout of the set. Out of the timeout, junior Ashley Hopkins and junior Stephanie Devlin recorded a block to draw Saint Anselm even at 25-25. However, consecutive kills by Parnell and Walker would give the Ravens the 27-25 victory.

Franklin Pierce enjoyed its best offensive set of the match in the second set, as the team amassed 15 kills to six errors over 39 attacks to hit .231. Franklin Pierce put the hammer down in the middle of the set, as they won 11 points in a 13-point stretch behind the serve of Walker and senior Katie Ristow (Miami, Fla.) to turn an 11-11 tie into a 22-13 lead en route to the 25-18 victory.

The Ravens opened up a 15-7 lead to start the third set, including three separate three-point runs, and never looked back as they went on to the 25-18 third-set victory to put away the match.

The Ravens return to the court on Saturday, Oct. 10, when they host Merrimack and C.W. Post in a tri-match at the Fieldhouse. Franklin Pierce will take on Merrimack in a Northeast-10 Conference match at 1 p.m. and will entertain C.W. Post in a non-conference affair at 5 p.m. In between, Merrimack and C.W. Post will square off at 3 p.m.