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LADY CHARGERS VOLLEYBALL RALLY TO DEFEAT MOLLOY COLLEGE
September 13, 2012

LADY CHARGERS VOLLEYBALL RALLY TO DEFEAT MOLLOY COLLEGE

Rockville Centre, N.Y. (9/13/12) The Dominican College women's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Molloy College Lions, 3-2, this evening in a non-conference match played Quealy Gymnasium. With the win, Dominican improves to 6-5 overall, while Molloy falls to 1-3 on the season.

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Rockville Centre, N.Y. (9/13/12)  The Dominican College women's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Molloy College Lions, 3-2, this evening in a non-conference match played Quealy Gymnasium.  With the win, Dominican improves to 6-5 overall, while Molloy falls to 1-3 on the season.

The Lions took set one 25-22, but the Lady Chargers came back to take set two, 25-22.  Tied at 14-all, the Lady Chargers went on a 7-5 run to pull ahead 21-19 and a kill from outside hitter Michelle Fiorvanti (Commack, N.Y.) gave Dominican the 25-22 victory.

Molloy took a 2-1 match lead with a 25-21 set three win and led 8-3 in the fourth set when Dominican rallied witha 6-1 run to tie the set at 9-9. From there, DC outscored the Lions, 6-1 over the next seven points to go ahead 14-10.  An 8-3 run made the score 22-13 and the Lady Chargers went on to the 25-15 win and tie the match at 2-2.

In the decisive fifth set, Molloy jumped out to an 11-6 advantage but Dominican answered back and later tied the set at 13-13.  Tied at 14-all, setter Whitney Ranger (Ventura, Calif.) recorded her ninth kill of the match and a Lion attack error gave Dominican the 16-14 win and 3-2 match victory.

Fiorvanti led the Lady Chargers with 12 kills.

Ranger finished with nine kills, a match leading 40 assists and 13 digs.

Libero Jordyn Fuller (Keller, Texas) had a night best 28 defensive digs.

Freshman Tori Dexter (Selah, Wash.) added seven kills and 12 digs.

The Lady Chargers are back in action on Saturday when they host Southern Connecticut State University at 11am on Coach Baxter Court.

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.