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Women's Volleyball Drops Tri-Match To West Chester & Felician

Women's Volleyball Drops Tri-Match To West Chester & Felician

Rutherford, N.J. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Volleyball team closed out the weekend with a road tri-match, facing off with West Chester University (PA) and Felician University at Joel and Joseph Job Gymnasium in Bergen County.

STAC dropped both of its matches by identical 3-1 scores to the Golden Rams and Golden Falcons, falling to 4-6 on the year. West Chester moves to 5-5 on the season, while Felican goes to 3-9.

Set Results vs. West Chester

Set 1: WCU 26/STAC 24

Set 2: STAC 25/WCU 23

Set 3: WCU 25/STAC 14

Set 4: WCU 26/STAC 24

How it Happened

  • As a team, West Chester recorded 50 kills compared to STAC's 39. The Golden Rams also had 5 blocks and 46 assists, while the Spartans tallied 7 blocks and 38 assists.
  • West Chester outhit STAC by a .174 to .110 margin for the match.
  • Evie Paalman paced the Spartans offense with a match-high 13 kills. Paalman also registered an assist, three service aces, a team-high 15 digs in the match.
  • Anna Gazzerro recorded 19 serve assists (4.75 assists/set) for the Spartans. Gazzerro also accumulated one service ace and eight digs.
  • Chloe Weiting racked up six kills and two digs for the maroon and gold.
  • Greta Santini picked up ten kills, three service aces, ten digs, a solo block and two block assists in her first match of the day.

Set Results vs. Felician

Set 1: STAC 25/FEL 16

Set 2: FEL 25/STAC 22

Set 3: FEL 25/STAC 19

Set 4: FEL 25/STAC 23

How it Happened

  • As a team, Felician recorded 42 kills compared to STAC's 31. The Golden Falcons also had 4 blocks and 40 assists, while the Spartans tallied 6 blocks and 29 assists.
  • Felician outhit STAC by a .135 to .079 margin for the match.
  • Isis Barrett paced the Spartans offense with a team-high eight kills. She also registered three digs and four block assists.
  • Anna Gazzerro recorded 16 serve assists (4.0 assists/set) for the Spartans. Gazzerro also accumulated two service aces and eight digs.
  • Evie Paalman picked up seven kills, one assist, two service aces, and a team-high 12 digs.
  • Greta Santini put together a five kill, one assist, two service ace, eight dig and two block assist effort against the Golden Falcons.

Up Next

STAC heads up to Western New York for a pair of weekend matches with D'Youville University (Saturday, September 28 - 12:00 p.m.) and Daemen University (Sunday, September 29 - 12:00 p.m.) in both Amherst and Buffalo.