BOSTON, Mass. – Saint Joseph's College (11-9, 5-3 GNAC) fell to Emmanuel College (16-3, 8-0 GNAC), 3-1, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) volleyball action at the Jean Yawkey Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Saints prevailed by set scores of 25-11, 25-11, 20-25, and 28-26.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
After dropping the opening two sets by identical 25-11 scores, Saint Joseph's regrouped to win the third frame and pushed Emmanuel to extra points in the fourth.
The Monks held a 21-16 advantage in the third set before the Saints trimmed the margin to 21-19. Saint Joseph's answered and claimed the final three points, closing the frame with a kill by senior Greta Mackintosh (Plymouth, Mass.) and a combined block by Mackintosh and freshman Sophia Fallon (New Canaan, Conn.).
Facing match point at 24-22 in the fourth set, the Monks stayed alive with a Fallon kill and an Emmanuel attack error. Mackintosh delivered kills to erase two more match points and tie the score at 25-25 and 26-26, but the Saints secured the final two points to end the match.
LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:
- Mackintosh led the Monks with eight kills and added five digs and three block assists.
- Freshman Jayda Quigley (Little Egg Harbor, N.J.) recorded six kills on 20 attempts for a .250 hitting percentage.
- Senior Kylie Giakoumis (Middletown, N.Y.) contributed six kills and a block assist.
- Freshman Sophie Fedorisin (Grafenwoehr, Germany) tallied five kills without an error on eight attempts for a .625 hitting percentage and added two block assists.
- Fallon finished with five kills, two service aces, and a team-high four block assists.
- Sophomore Maddie Garrett (Euless, Texas) posted 18 assists and 10 digs.
- Junior Riley Greenley (Newark, Del.) collected 10 assists, 10 digs, a kill, and a service ace.
- Sophomore Livy McDonough (West Friendship, Md.) served a team-high three aces.
- Freshman Lindsay Levesque (Arundel, Maine) added four kills on eight attempts and hit .250.
LEADERS – EMMANUEL:
- Letitia Bossou led the Saints with 18 kills on 30 attempts for a .533 hitting percentage and added four block assists.
- Ayla Evans recorded 14 kills, hit .357, and contributed three service aces and four digs.
- Sofia Petrucci collected a match-high 24 digs and three service aces.
- Kason Huynh handed out 23 assists and added eight digs.
- Kennedy Horne contributed 19 assists and two service aces.
- Delilah Davis finished with six kills and six block assists.
TEAM STATS:
Emmanuel held the advantage in kills (51-38), assists (49-34), service aces (12-9), digs (54-49), and total blocks (11-6). The Saints hit .290, while the Monks posted a .114 hitting percentage.
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:
Saint Joseph's is now 7-13 all-time against Emmanuel. The Saints have claimed the last three meetings in the series.
NEXT!
Saint Joseph's travels to Elms College for a GNAC match on Wednesday, October 21, at 7:00 PM in Chicopee, Mass.
