Volleyball Downed By Bentley, 3-0
Ravens back in action Saturday against Saint Rose
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Junior setter Pamela Walker dished out 15 assists against Bentley
on Tuesday night.RINDGE, N.H. (October 27,
2009) – Senior Kristine Mickelson tallied 10 kills
to lead five Bentley players with five kills or more on Tuesday
night as Bentley defeated the Franklin Pierce University volleyball
team, 3-0, in Northeast-10 Conference play at Franklin
Pierce’s Fieldhouse.
Bentley won the match via set scores of 25-11, 25-14 and 15-13.
With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 7-18 (3-8 Northeast-10),
while Bentley improves to 14-10 (9-3 Northeast-10).
For Franklin Pierce, senior Katie Ristow (Miami,
Fla.) led the way with seven kills offensively, while
senior Caitlynn Parnell (Medina, Texas) added five
of her own. Junior setter Pamela Walker (Chino Hills,
Calif.) put up 67 sets with just one ball-handling error,
but came away with only 15 assists to show for it, as the Ravens
hit .000 on the evening (20 kills, 20 errors, 80 attacks).
Defensively, junior libero Chelsie Kohout (Harrison
Township, Mich.) led Franklin Pierce with nine digs, while
Ristow and senior Megan Feldmeth (South Pasadena,
Calif.) each tallied a pair of block assists.
For Bentley, Mickelson led the way with her 10 kills, while senior
Alex Kearney (eight kills), sophomore Virginia Wong (seven), junior
Alaura Berry (six) and junior Morgan O’Laughlin (five) each
recorded five or more kills apiece. Mickelson tallied her 10 kills
without committing an error over 12 attacks to lead all players
with an .833 hitting percentage. The Falcon offense ran through the
set of junior Kelly Mee, who dished out a match-best 40 assists.
Defensively for Bentley, senior libero Cassie Kraft posted double
digits with 13 digs, while Mickelson led all players with three
block assists.
The Bentley offense stayed in high gear all night long and hit
.569 for the match, with 46 kills to just five errors over 72
attacks. The Falcons came out of the gate in a hurry, with 13 kills
to one error on 19 attacks to hit .632 in the opening set.
The Ravens return to the court on Saturday, Oct. 31, when they
remain home to host Saint Rose in a Northeast-10 Conference
contest. Match time is set for 1 p.m. at the Fieldhouse.