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DOMINICAN SWEEPS WILMINGTON TO CLAIM 2012 CACC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
November 10, 2012

DOMINICAN SWEEPS WILMINGTON TO CLAIM 2012 CACC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

New Castle, Del. (11/10/12) Dominican College captured the 2012 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Volleyball Championship with a 3-0 (25-19, 31-29, 25-14) win over Wilmington University on Saturday afternoon. The title marks Dominican’s first-ever CACC Championship in the sport of volleyball and runs its overall record on the season to 26-7. Wilmington falls to 28-6 following the loss.

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New Castle, Del. (11/10/12)  Dominican College captured the 2012 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Volleyball Championship with a 3-0 (25-19, 31-29, 25-14) win over Wilmington University on Saturday afternoon.  The title marks Dominican's first-ever CACC Championship in the sport of volleyball and runs its overall record on the season to 26-7.  Wilmington falls to 28-6 following the loss.

Dominican rallied from a 16-13 deficit in set one by going on a 12-3 tear to claim a 25-19 win.  The lady Chargers posted 16 kills in the first frame and hit .213 overall.

Game two was a tightly contested battle that saw Dominican hold on for a 31-29 victory that was capped when a dig by Jordyn Fuller* (Keller, Texas) dropped in for a point to clinch the win and a 2-0 set advantage for the Chargers.  Dominican posted a .214 hitting percentage in the second frame, while limiting the Wildcats to a .148 clip. 

The Chargers clinched the championship with a 25-14 game three victory.  Dominican rallied to take control after initially falling behind 5-0, but scored 10 of the next 11 points to open a 10-6 advantage that it would not relinquish.

Senior outside hitter Michelle Fiorvanti (Commack, N.Y.) led all attackers with 14 kills and added 16 digs.

CACC Rookie of the Year, Tori Dexter (Selah, Wash.) had 11 kills and added 14 defensive digs.

Fuller finished with a match high 18 digs, while setter Whitney Ranger* (Ventura, Calif.) had a match high 42 digs. 

N'Jameh Philip (Monroe, N.Y.) added 13 digs.  In the final set, Philip served six straight points in putting the Lady Chargers at match point 24-14.

Fiorvanti (Dominican) was named the tournament's most valuable player and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Fuller (Dominican), Whitney Ranger (Dominican), Nicole Wiechecki (Wilmington), Kaitlin DiGiacinto (Wilmington), Danielle Carney (Philadelphia), Emily Wilman (Post), Susan McDonough (Caldwell), Amanda DeAngelo (USciences), Moana Masaniai (Nyack) and Amy Berry (Georgian 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.