2008 Woodie Awards
Volleyball Falls Short in Conference Tournament
Setters Fail to Upset #1 Seeded Bryant in NE-10 Tournament
Alex Pandolfi
Issue date: 11/14/07 Section: Sports
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Nov. 10, Bentley College- Pace attempted to not only give the Bulldogs of Bryant their first conference loss of the season, but also to keep their hopes alive of playing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II volleyball tournament.
The Bulldogs shattered those hopes as they shutout the Setters 3-0 in their Northeast 10 (NE-10) tournament semifinals match up.
The atmosphere was set up in the first game as the Bulldogs won 30-21 to start the semifinals off. Bryant as a team hit a percentage of .311 on their attacks, while Pace was held to an attack percentage of .119.
Bryant won game two of the match up in a close 30-27 victory. Neither team was shinning in this game as the Setters had a team attack percentage of .000 and the Bulldogs hit a .067 team percent.
The Bulldogs would then put the match up away with a 30-23 victory in game three. Bryant pulled away from game three hitting a team attack percent of .326 while Pace's team attack percent was .186.
The Setters' freshman Sianna Johnson lead Pace and tying the game high of 12 kills. Johnson's attack percentage was .440 for the match. She also chimed in with an ace, a block against the Bulldogs.
Junior Korena Johnson lead Pace and tying the game high in blocks with three and also nailing eleven kills and an assist on the afternoon.
Junior Danielle Furka and freshman Jessica Anderson lead the Setters in digs recording 13 digs apiece. Furka also ended the match with eight kills, four aces and two blocks.
With the win Bryant played the other semifinal winner Merrimack later on that night to win the NE-10 conference tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II volleyball tournament.
The loss to Bryant put an end to the Setters volleyball season giving them an overall record of 13-16 with a record of 9-5 in the NE-10 conference.
Pace did not leave the NE-10 tournament without making some noise. Losing to them earlier in the season 3-1 the Setters faced off against the Ravens of Franklin Pierce in the first round of the tournament the day before on Nov. 9.
The Bulldogs shattered those hopes as they shutout the Setters 3-0 in their Northeast 10 (NE-10) tournament semifinals match up.
The atmosphere was set up in the first game as the Bulldogs won 30-21 to start the semifinals off. Bryant as a team hit a percentage of .311 on their attacks, while Pace was held to an attack percentage of .119.
Bryant won game two of the match up in a close 30-27 victory. Neither team was shinning in this game as the Setters had a team attack percentage of .000 and the Bulldogs hit a .067 team percent.
The Bulldogs would then put the match up away with a 30-23 victory in game three. Bryant pulled away from game three hitting a team attack percent of .326 while Pace's team attack percent was .186.
The Setters' freshman Sianna Johnson lead Pace and tying the game high of 12 kills. Johnson's attack percentage was .440 for the match. She also chimed in with an ace, a block against the Bulldogs.
Junior Korena Johnson lead Pace and tying the game high in blocks with three and also nailing eleven kills and an assist on the afternoon.
Junior Danielle Furka and freshman Jessica Anderson lead the Setters in digs recording 13 digs apiece. Furka also ended the match with eight kills, four aces and two blocks.
With the win Bryant played the other semifinal winner Merrimack later on that night to win the NE-10 conference tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II volleyball tournament.
The loss to Bryant put an end to the Setters volleyball season giving them an overall record of 13-16 with a record of 9-5 in the NE-10 conference.
Pace did not leave the NE-10 tournament without making some noise. Losing to them earlier in the season 3-1 the Setters faced off against the Ravens of Franklin Pierce in the first round of the tournament the day before on Nov. 9.
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