Photo GalleryBRONX, N.Y.- With less than one week remaining before the start of the 2014 regular season, the Fordham volleyball team took the floor of the Rose Hill Gym for the annual alumni game, facing off against the Rams of yesteryear.
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The current Rams and the former Rams played four sets on Saturday afternoon, with the 2014 squad winning each by scores of 25-11, 25-22, 25-19 and 25-21, respectively.
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Ten volleyball alumni participated in this year's event: Megan Arend ('08-'11), Kim Capicotto ('08-'11), Brittany Daulton ('08-'11), Sara Friede ('07-'11), Jenna Hart ('07-'11), Samantha Jacobson ('08-'09),
Maria Rodenberg ('10-'13) and Tihanna Sarlija ('96-'99).
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Graduate student
Lisa Hipp led the way for the current Rams, registering 16 kills and hitting .406. She also recorded seven digs.
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Brianna O'Neil also reached double digit kills for Fordham, turning in ten.Â
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Sarah Skelton added seven kills for Fordham, as did junior
Abigail Konovodoff. A setter, Konovodoff converted on seven of her nine attacks, adding a game-high 39 assists and 14 digs in the process.
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For the alumni, four players recorded eight kills apiece: Friede, Capicotto, Jacobson and Daulton.
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The Rams kick off the 2014 campaign on Friday, August 29
th, taking on Georgia at the University of San Francisco.