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SAINT MICHAEL’S DEFEATS PLATTSBURGH STATE, 3-2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                               FOR MORE INFORMATION October 25, 2005                                                                                Contact: Daniel O’Reilly                                                                                                          Phone: (802) 654-2929 COLCHESTER, Vt. – Saint Michael's College (3-13, 1-10 NE-10) was able to avenge its September 13 loss to Plattsburgh State University (13-23, 3-7 SUNYAC) with a 3-2 victory in women’s volleyball action on Tuesday evening at the Ross Sports Center. The win marked the team’s second straight, and its first on its home court this season. The Purple Knights trailed much of the first game before tying it at 26, and rallied to win, 30-28. Game number two remained closer, as SMC, who led through the majority of the game, was able to extinguish a late Cardinal rally and take the game 30-25. In game three, Plattsburgh State opened up their biggest lead of the night at 19-11, but the Purple Knights stormed back to tie the game at 20 apiece. After trading points, the Cardinals went ahead for good 25-24 and closed out the scoring with a 6-0 run, and a final of 30-24. The next game was again very closely matched, as Plattsburgh’s 18-14 advantage would be the largest margin of separation between the two teams before the visitors eventually won 30-28 to force a fifth game. After opening up a 10-3 lead in the deciding game, the two schools matched point for point as Saint Michael’s completed the 15-8 win. For the Ravens, senior Melissa Luciano (Stony Point, N.Y./North Rockland) had 41 assists and two service aces, as classmate Kristin Steele (Mattituck, N.Y./Mattituck) had two solo and one assisted block. Junior Lindsay Levi (Middletown, N.Y./Middletown) contributed with 26 digs, while freshman Jamie Milne-LaClair (Churubusco, N.Y./Northern Adirondack) led the ravens with 14 kills. For the Purple Knights senior co-captain Jessica Mulroy (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) helped out with her game-high 57 assists, as freshman Stephanie Smetana (Independence, Mo./Truman) added four aces. Katie Ouellette (Hampton, N.H./Winnacunnet) led the Purple Knights with 21 digs, and finished the night with a 50 percent kill percentage as she recorded 29 kills on just four errors. The Purple Knights will return to action this Saturday afternoon with a home contest against Bentley College at 1 p.m. Saint Michael’s 3, Plattsburgh State 2 Game 1: SMC 30, PSU 28 Game 2: SMC 30, PSU 25 Game 3: PSU 30, SMC 24 Game 4: PSU 30, SMC 28 Game 5: SMC 15, PSU 6 ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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