Box Score Sept. 28, 2011
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Bronx, N.Y. -
Despite a career-high nine kills from Carina Thompson, the Fordham volleyball team dropped its third straight match on Wednesday night at the Rose Hill Gym, falling in four sets to the Seton Hall Pirates. Final set scores were 25-18, 25-13, 21-25, and 25-18.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 3-11 overall, while Seton Hall improves to 11-6.
Set one went the Pirates' way, following an 11-4 run in the middle of the set and highlighted by four team blocks.
In set two, the Pirates' offensive attack was the big difference, hitting .379 as a team with just three errors, as Seton Hall opened up a 2-0 set lead.
Fordham got back into the match in set three with a four-point win. With the score tied at nine, the Rams took advantage of four errors by the Pirates to take a 13-9 lead, which they would not relinquish, forcing a fourth set.
However, Seton Hall jetted out to a 12-4 lead in set four, and never looked back, once again posting four team blocks. The Pirates ended the match with 15 team blocks to Fordham's 10.
Individually, Fordham's Brittany Daulton recorded a double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs, while Carina Thompson had a career-high nine kills. Randi Ewing also added nine kills and four blocks with Rose Diaz-Vazquez posting seven kills and tying a season-high with five blocks. Mary Diamantidis also had a double-double with 17 assists and 13 digs with Megan Arend chipping in 15 digs and three assists.
For Seton Hall, Stacey Manthorpe had a match-high 12 kills and 17 digs with Shelbey Manthorpe having six kills, six digs, five blocks, and 36 assists.
The Fordham volleyball team will next be in action on Friday, September 30th, when the Rams travel to Philadelphia for a 7:00 PM Atlantic 10 match at La Salle.
