Volleyball Swept at Rhode Island

Box Score

Kingston, R.I. – The Fordham volleyball team continued its road struggles with a three-set loss, 25-13, 25-21, 25-18, at Rhode Island on Saturday evening. With the loss, Fordham falls to 10-14 (3-6 A-10), while Rhody improves to 12-9 (7-2 A-10).
 
The (visiting) Rams struggled mightily on offense in the first set, hitting below zero for the first time all season (-.048), while Rhode Island attacked at a consistent .250 pace the first two sets. Fordham improved incrementally in each set, hitting .043 in the second and .333 in the third, but the hosts took advance of their opponents' sloppiness to gain their seventh conference victory.
 
Surprisingly, Olivia Fairchild was the lone player in the match to record double-digit kills, with 12, now giving her 413 on the season to tie Jamee Stimson's mark set in 2006 for sixth-most in a single season. Fairchild needs 32 to tie Lisa Hipp's 2012 total. Kaitlin Morley served up four aces to continue her recent hot stretch on serve, while sophomore captain Breanna Jones made her return to the court after an injury layoff to play all three sets, tallying three kills. Maddy Walsh assisted on 12 points, while Emily Fronk tallied 10 in her lone set of action. Fairchild and Kristen Ostach each had a solo block, with the latter tallying a team-high two total blocks.
 
The Rams round out their road swing with matches at VCU and Davidson next weekend, on Friday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m., respectively. Fordham then finishes the regular season with three matches at home over two weekends.