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Press Release
SAINT MICHAEL’S LOSES TO PACE, 3-2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION
November 5, 2005 Contact: Daniel O’Reilly
Phone: (802) 654-2929COLCHESTER, Vt. – Saint Michael's College (3-16, 1-12 NE-10) was defeated in five games by Pace University (12-13, 7-7 NE-10) in Northeast-10 women’s volleyball action on Saturday morning at the Ross Sports Center.
For the Setters, Korena Johnson (Friendswood, Texas/Clear Brook) and Maja Iljic (Brcko, Yugoslavia/Dragon Veselic) each recorded 14 kills, as Ashley DAgostini (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines) helped out with 51 assists, while Kasey Barrett had 27 digs.
For the Purple Knights, senior Katilyn Rae (Willbraham, Mass./Reading Memorial) had a game high 25 kills and four service aces, as classmate Jessica Mulroy (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) added 51 assists and six assisted blocks. Freshman Stephanie Smetana (Independence, Mo./Truman) had 16 digs and senior Katie Oullette (Hampton, N.H./Winnacunnet) had 15 kills and 13 digs.
Saint Michael's took the first game by a score of 30-26, and lost a very close second game by a 30-27 final. In game three, the Purple Knights opened up their biggest lead of the morning at 18-9 en route to a 30-28 win, but came out flat in the fourth, falling behind 11-1 early, and eventually lost 30-13. With the fifth and deciding game tied at seven, the Setters pulled ahead and took the match with a 15-11 win.
The Purple Knights complete their season with a Saturday afternoon contest against Southern Connecticut State University at 2 p.m. while Pace will play American International on Sunday evening at 5 p.m.
Pace 3, Saint Michael’s 2
Game 1: SMC 30, Pace 26
Game 2: Pace 30, SMC 27
Game 3: SMC 30, Pace 28
Game 4: Pace 30, SMC 13
Game 5: Pace 15, SMC 11
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For more information please contact the SMC Sports Information Office at (802) 654-2537
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