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Avery Dole sets Amelia Armstrong in Sandy Hoffman Memorial Tournament
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Pitt.-Johnstown Pitt-J 9-1,0-0 PSAC
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Winner Daemen Daemen 7-3,0-0 ECC
Pitt.-Johnstown Pitt-J
9-1,0-0 PSAC
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Daemen Daemen
7-3,0-0 ECC
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Set Scores
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Pitt.-Johnstown Pitt-J 25 19 25 17 12 (2)
Daemen Daemen 17 25 23 25 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Wildcats Take Down Unbeaten Pitt-Johnstown In Five-Set Thriller

INDIANA, Pa. – For the second time in two days, the Daemen University women's volleyball team upended an undefeated team in the Crimson Hawk Classic, taking down unbeaten University of Pitt-Johnstown 3-2 (17-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-17, 15-12) in the final match of the tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats, who are 4-0 in five-set matches so far this season, move to a 7-3 record after going 3-0 at the Crimson Hawk Classic. Pitt-Johnstown falls to 10-1 on the year.
 
Three Daemen players posted double-digit kills in the victory as the Wildcats totaled 67 kills. It marked the fourth time that the Wildcats have totaled 65+ kills in a match this season. Daemen held UPJ to just 46 kills for a .147 hitting percentage in the match.
 
The Wildcats head into East Coast Conference play this upcoming weekend as they return to Lumsden Gymnasium for the first time this season. Daemen will host Mercy University on Saturday, Sept. 28 in a noon match and take on St. Thomas Aquinas College on Sunday at 11 AM.
 
IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Junior outside hitter Nahirka Malpica (Caguas, P.R.) posted a career-high 24 kills and earned her third straight double-double with 20 digs. Malpica added one ace, one assist and one block for a match-high 25.5 points.
  • Graduate student Giselle Giraud (Orlando, Fla.) totaled double-digit kills for the eighth time this season, posting 18 kills with four errors on 44 attacks for a .318 hitting percentage. The right side posted a career-high 18 digs in the victory and added two assists, one ace and two blocks for 20 points.
  • Senior middle blocker Amelia Armstrong (River Falls, Wisc.) posted 12 kills with just one error on 29 attacks for a team-high .379 hitting percentage, adding a team-high four blocks and two digs to her stat line.
  • Freshman outside hitter Avery Craig (Tomball, Tex.) posted a career-high nine kills and added nine digs, one ace, one assist and two blocks, including the only Daemen solo block of the afternoon.
  • Senior setter Avery Dole (Summerfield, N.C.) set the Wildcats to victory with 51 assists (10.2 assists/set), 12 digs, three kills and three blocks. It marked the second double-double (assists-digs) for Dole this season.
  • Graduate libero Jasmine Brundage (East Aurora, N.Y.) led the Wildcats defensively with 22 digs (4.4 digs/set) and added five assists and three aces. The graduate student leads Daemen in service aces on the year (16). 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • The Wildcats and Mountain Cats traded points to open the first set, but UPJ went on a 7-1 run late and held on to take the first set, 25-17. Giraud and Malpica combined for 11 of Daemen's 13 first-set kills.
  • In the second set, the Wildcats were the ones with the run in the middle of the set, scoring 10 of 15 points to take a 20-15 advantage over Pitt-Johnstown. Daemen outlasted three set points to win the second, 25-19.
  • The Mountain Cats came back from behind in the third set after compiling an 8-1 run to go up 21-17, but the Wildcats scored six unanswered points off four kills to take a 23-21 lead. UPJ won the final four points of the set off a pair of kills and two Daemen attack errors to take the third set 25-23.
  • The Wildcats dominated the fourth set, jumping out to an 11-5 lead and never relinquished the lead, beating the Mountain Cats 25-17 to force a fifth set. Malpica led the way for the Cats with five kills in the set.
  • Daemen opened the fifth set on a 5-2 run after three Giraud kills and a kill from Malpica. Both teams went on runs throughout the fifth, but Daemen's four straight points to get them to an 14-8 advantage was too much for UPJ to come back from. The Wildcats won the fifth set, 15-12, to win their fourth consecutive match and go 3-0 in the Crimson Hawk Classic.
  • The Wildcats are 4-0 in five-set matches so far this season.          

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