FELICIAN COLLEGE GOLDEN FALCONS TURN BACK LADY CHARGERS VOLLEYBALL

September 23, 2008

FELICIAN COLLEGE GOLDEN FALCONS TURN BACK LADY CHARGERS VOLLEYBALL

Orangeburg, NY (9/23/08) The visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College turned back the Dominican College Lady Chargers, 3-0 (28-26, 26-24, 25-22) this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) women's volleyball match held on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

Orangeburg, NY (9/23/08) The visiting Golden Falcons of Felician College turned back the Dominican College Lady Chargers, 3-0 (28-26, 26-24, 25-22) this evening in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) women's volleyball match held on Coach Baxter Court at the Hennessy Center.

In the first set DC was one point away from the win leading, 24-17, when FC rallied with eight consecutive points to tie the set at 24-24. A service error by the Golden Falcons once again put the Lady Chargers a point from victory, but DC followed with their own service error to tie the set at 25-25. Once again tied at 26-26, Felician used back to back kills by Megan DeLamater (Paramus, NJ) and Cristina Garcia (Miami, FL) to take a 28-26 first set victory.

The second set saw DC rally from a 20-24 deficit with a 4-0 run, but an service error put the Golden Falcons a point from victory and DeLamater once again put the set away with a kill for a 26-24 FC set win.

With the third set tied at 12-12, Felician was able to put together a 6-3 run to take an 18-15 lead en route to the 25-22 set win and 3-0 match victory.

Garcia led Felician with nine kills, while DeLamater and Laura Peskosky (Clifton, NJ) each had seven kills in the win. DeLamater led the team with 17 assists.

Senior outside hitter Kinikia Collier (Garnerville, NY) led all attackers with 12 kills, while sophomore Kerianne Dudley (Nanuet, NY) added nine kills. Setter Lauren Palermo (Ottisville, NY) had a match leading 29 assists in the loss.

With the win Felician improves to 2-11 overall and 2-0 in the CACC, while Dominican falls to 0-11 overall and 0-3 in the CACC.

Dominican is back in action on Saturday when they travel to Pace University in a non-conference match. Game time is set for 7pm.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.