Saturday, September 29
Davidson, N.C.
2:00
Davidson College
3
vs
1
The Citadel
Pierucci Powers 'Cats over The Citadel, Snaps Streak
9/29/2007 3:25:53 PM | Volleyball
Lauren Biggers -- Assistant SID
Box Score
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Senior Katie Pierucci had 29 kills and 17 digs to lead the Davidson Wildcat volleyball team to a 3-1 (30-21, 30-23, 23-30, 30-26) win over the Citadel Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at Belk Arena. Davidson ran its win streak against the Bulldogs to six straight and lead the series 17-1 all-time.
Snapping a nine-match losing streak, the Wildcats improved to 6-11, and 1-3 in the SoCon with their first league victory. The Citadel falls to 2-14 and remain winless in the SoCon at 0-5.
Pierucci's 29 kills on the day were a season-high, while her .258 hitting percentage was second-best this year. She has now picked up 10 or more kills in a match six of the past nine Wildcat matches.
The senior was not alone in double-digit kills as junior Kittery Neale finished with 17 on 37 swings for a hitting percentage of .270. Davidson as a team hit .214 on a season-high 67 kills in 168 attack attempts. Freshman Hayley Lawson did a solid job of setting up her teammates by picking up 42 assists on the day, marking the sixth match this year she has registered over 40 assists in a match.
Defensively, the Wildcats placed three players in double figures in digs, led by Pierucci and senior Lindsey Woeste's 17 apiece.
Pierucci jump started the Wildcat attack in the first game when she picked up three kills and back-to-back service aces to start the contest to give her team a 10-3 lead. Later, she picked up yet another kill as Davidson built a 23-8 advantage and held on after a late Bulldog rally for the 30-21 win.
The Citadel's Rachel Sanders kept the Bulldogs close in game two with her team-high seven kills, including a kill that gave them a slim 8-7 lead in the early going. Junior Alison Dwyer capped of a 9-3 run by the Wildcats with one of her four kills in game two and Davidson took a 16-11 lead. Sanders brought the Bulldogs right back, knotting things up at 20-all on a service ace, before Dwyer, Pierucci and Neale put the game away in the late stages on kills for a 30-27 win for the Wildcats and a 2-0 lead in the match.
Davidson came out a bit sluggish after intermission and the Bulldogs took advantage, jumping out to a 10-5 lead in game three after a Wildcat hitting error. The 'Cats closed to within one, 13-12, on kills from Neale and Pierucci, but the Citadel pushed it right back out to five, 21-16, on two kills by Caitlin Vyborny, who finished with 10 kills on the afternoon. From there, the Bulldogs scored nine of the next seven points for the 30-23 win.
Pierucci then took it into her own hands in helping the Wildcats snap their nine-match winless streak with seven of the team's 19 kills in game four. She picked up three of them when Davidson opened the match with a 17-12 lead halfway through. Sanders though would not let the Bulldogs lay down, when she picked up a kill to bring the score to 20-18. The Citadel then took a brief 21-19 lead, before Neale and Lawson tied things up for Davidson on back-to-back kills. Pierucci then took over, hammering home four of Davidson's final eight kills on the afternoon to lead her team to the 30-26 game four win.
Emily Hill of the Citadel recorded 40 assists on 48 kills, while Sanders and Jessica Maas tallied 17 and 11 digs, respectively, to pace the Bulldogs.
Davidson wraps up its three-match homestand with a 7 p.m. affair against SoCon foe Furman, on Oct. 2 at Belk Arena.
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Senior Katie Pierucci had 29 kills and 17 digs to lead the Davidson Wildcat volleyball team to a 3-1 (30-21, 30-23, 23-30, 30-26) win over the Citadel Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at Belk Arena. Davidson ran its win streak against the Bulldogs to six straight and lead the series 17-1 all-time.
Snapping a nine-match losing streak, the Wildcats improved to 6-11, and 1-3 in the SoCon with their first league victory. The Citadel falls to 2-14 and remain winless in the SoCon at 0-5.
Pierucci's 29 kills on the day were a season-high, while her .258 hitting percentage was second-best this year. She has now picked up 10 or more kills in a match six of the past nine Wildcat matches.
The senior was not alone in double-digit kills as junior Kittery Neale finished with 17 on 37 swings for a hitting percentage of .270. Davidson as a team hit .214 on a season-high 67 kills in 168 attack attempts. Freshman Hayley Lawson did a solid job of setting up her teammates by picking up 42 assists on the day, marking the sixth match this year she has registered over 40 assists in a match.
Defensively, the Wildcats placed three players in double figures in digs, led by Pierucci and senior Lindsey Woeste's 17 apiece.
Pierucci jump started the Wildcat attack in the first game when she picked up three kills and back-to-back service aces to start the contest to give her team a 10-3 lead. Later, she picked up yet another kill as Davidson built a 23-8 advantage and held on after a late Bulldog rally for the 30-21 win.
The Citadel's Rachel Sanders kept the Bulldogs close in game two with her team-high seven kills, including a kill that gave them a slim 8-7 lead in the early going. Junior Alison Dwyer capped of a 9-3 run by the Wildcats with one of her four kills in game two and Davidson took a 16-11 lead. Sanders brought the Bulldogs right back, knotting things up at 20-all on a service ace, before Dwyer, Pierucci and Neale put the game away in the late stages on kills for a 30-27 win for the Wildcats and a 2-0 lead in the match.
Davidson came out a bit sluggish after intermission and the Bulldogs took advantage, jumping out to a 10-5 lead in game three after a Wildcat hitting error. The 'Cats closed to within one, 13-12, on kills from Neale and Pierucci, but the Citadel pushed it right back out to five, 21-16, on two kills by Caitlin Vyborny, who finished with 10 kills on the afternoon. From there, the Bulldogs scored nine of the next seven points for the 30-23 win.
Pierucci then took it into her own hands in helping the Wildcats snap their nine-match winless streak with seven of the team's 19 kills in game four. She picked up three of them when Davidson opened the match with a 17-12 lead halfway through. Sanders though would not let the Bulldogs lay down, when she picked up a kill to bring the score to 20-18. The Citadel then took a brief 21-19 lead, before Neale and Lawson tied things up for Davidson on back-to-back kills. Pierucci then took over, hammering home four of Davidson's final eight kills on the afternoon to lead her team to the 30-26 game four win.
Emily Hill of the Citadel recorded 40 assists on 48 kills, while Sanders and Jessica Maas tallied 17 and 11 digs, respectively, to pace the Bulldogs.
Davidson wraps up its three-match homestand with a 7 p.m. affair against SoCon foe Furman, on Oct. 2 at Belk Arena.
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