Salve Regina drops its first TCCC contest, 3-0, at Roger Williams

BRISTOL, R.I. - The Roger Williams University women's volleyball team gave Salve Regina University its first The Commonwealth Coast Conference loss of the season with a 3-0 win Wednesday evening.

"The group played together as one on the court opposed to six individuals, which helped get us the victory," explained Head Coach Bret Stothart.

An hour and fifteen minutes was all the Roger Williams University Women's Volleyball team needed to shut out Salve Regina University. Salve Regina rarely followed close enough behind for the Hawks score to surpass 25. The games ended with scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-18, all in favor of RWU.

Kristina Dolan (Glenmont, N.Y.) and Rebekah Dion (Old Saybrook, Conn.) killed more than half of their total attempts; Dolan led with 14 and Dion followed with 10.  Michaela Ross (Old Bridge, N.J.) also had 11 kills to help in the match. Of the 75 points totaled, freshman Emily Lebowitz (Coventry, Conn.) assisted on 43, three shy of her season high. Jill Hurd (Sunapee, N.H.) not only led the Hawks with 17 digs, but also had more than Megan Clancy (Chelmsford, Mass.) who led the Seahawks with 16.

Lisa Zabel (Madison, Conn.) assisted more than a fourth of the Seahawks' 55 points in the match with 14. Deanna Salter (Westwood, Mass.) led her team with seven kills, and teammate Julianne Barry (Randolph, Mass.) trailed with six.

Roger Williams was up in game one until the tie at 5-5 where RWU and the Seahawks went point-for-point until Dolan made a kill and Roger Williams stayed up for good at 12-11. Salve Regina put up a harder fight in the second game ending 25-21, although there were only two ties beginning the game at 1-1 and 2-2. In the third game, the Seahawks jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but once Ross got the Roger Williams' first kill at 1-5, the Hawks' score continued to rise via a 10-4 run to give them 10-9 lead that they would not give up.

Courtesy of Roger Williams sports information