FDU Rallies From Behind To Topple QU Volleyball In Five Sets

Wednesday, September 6

Teaneck, NJ

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-9

Fairleigh Dickinson

3-5

Quinnipiac

Fairleigh Dickinson

FDU Rallies From Behind To Topple QU Volleyball In Five Sets

9/6/2017 9:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Quinnipiac volleyball team was two points away from a 3-0 sweep, but Fairleigh Dickinson rallied from a 23-17 deficit in the third set and came all the way back to take a five-set win over the Bobcats on Wednesday evening at the Rothman Center.

SCORES
Fairleigh Dickinson 3, Quinnipiac 2 (18-25, 23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 15-10)

LOCATION
Rothman Center / Hackensack, N.J.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (0-9) / Fairleigh Dickinson (3-5)

MATCH NOTES

Quinnipiac suffered its fourth five-set loss of the young season (against Fort Wayne, Toledo, Incarnate Word and FDU), as it fell to a hard-luck 0-9. One of the other losses was a close four-set defeat at Bryant (26-24 in the fourth), as well as 3-0 defeats to top 30 opponents Washington State and Baylor.
Quinnipiac led 23-17 in the third with a 2-0 lead in the match, two points away from a sweep, before FDU rallied for a 27-25 win. The Knights then took the fourth set 25-23 after the Bobcats fought off the first three set points.
After FDU tied the third set 23-23, freshman Gabby Horman (Smithtown, N.Y.) had a kill to set up match point for the Bobcats, but FDU fought it off and went on to the 27-25 win. It was the third match point the Bobcats have had this season, including two on opening day in a 3-2 loss to Fort Wayne.
Quinnipiac led 8-6 in the fifth set at the changeover, but FDU closed out on a 9-2 run to get the win.
The Bobcats came out strong, using a 7-0 run early in the first set to make the score 11-3. The run included two kills from senior Elizabeth Kloos (Munster, Ind.), two kills from sophomore Natalie Alechko (Old Tappan, N.J.) and two aces from junior Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pa.),
After FDU cut an 11-point lead (16-5) in the first set down to 19-16, Miller had her third and fourth aces of the set in a 5-0 run that put the Bobcats ahead 24-16. Kloos closed out the set with her fourth kill for a 25-18 win.
Quinnipiac fell behind in the second set 9-3, but five Kloos kills helped the Bobcats even the score at 17-17.
With the score tied 19-19 in the second set, junior Jen Coffey (Merrimack, N.H.) had two straight kills to start a 4-0 run to give the Bobcats a 23-19 lead. FDU fought off three set points, before Alechko's kill finished off a 25-23 win to give the Bobcats a 2-0 lead.
Sophomore libero Lauren Miller (Collegeville, Pa.) had a career-best 19 digs
Kat Miller had her fifth double-double of the season with 12 kills and 16 digs, while Alechko also had one with 13 kills and 16 digs.
Kloos had a season-high 15 kills in 31 attempts, one shy of her career high of 16 last year, which also came against FDU.
Coffey had a season-high 17 kills for the Bobcats

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Kills: Jen Coffey, 17
Assists: Maria Pansari, 30
Digs: Lauren Miller, 19
Blocks: Elizabeth Kloos, Gabby Horman, 3
Aces: Kat Miller, 4

UPCOMING MATCHES
Quinnipiac will be back on the road on Friday and Saturday to participate in the Towson Tiger Invitational. The Bobcats face Eastern Michigan and Lafayette on Friday, and then meet Cal State Fullerton and current unbeaten Towson on Saturday