Volleyball Falls in Saturday Doubleheader

Saturday, September 1

Hamden, Conn.

11:00 AM

Quinnipiac University

0-6, 0-0MAAC

Sacred Heart

4-1, 0-0NEC

Sacred Heart

Quinnipiac

9/1/2018 5:23:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Bobcats Drop Matches to Sacred Heart, at Yale, Despite Strong Hitting Performances

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac volleyball team was swept in a Saturday doubleheader to cap off the Battle of Connecticut, falling 3-1 to Sacred Heart on Burt Kahn Court before traveling down to Yale and dropping the nightcap, 3-0, to the Bulldogs.

Morgan Sherwin (Coplay, Pennsylvania) wrapped up the tournament with 35 kills, including 21 in Saturday's doubleheader while Kat Miller recorded a pair of double-doubles on the weekend.

MATCH ONE
SCORE
Sacred Heart 3, Quinnipiac 1 (25-20, 25-23, 19-25, 25-16)

LOCATION
Burt Kahn Court | Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Sacred Heart (4-1) | Quinnipiac (0-6)

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Sacred Heart 25, Quinnipiac 20)

Sacred Heart jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the opening set before the Bobcats battled back to an 8-7 deficit from a Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) kill and service ace as well as a Kaleigh Oates (Downingtown, Pennsylvania) kill.
The Bobcats took a 15-13 lead before the Pioneers won four straight points to take a 17-15 lead and force a Quinnipiac timeout.
After trading points, the Pioneers won five of the final six points to win the first set

SECOND SET (Sacred Heart 25, Quinnipiac 23)

Quinnipiac battled back in a tightly contested second set
After trading the first eight points of the set, Sacred Heart won seven of 10 points before a Quinnipiac timeout with the Pioneers leading 10-6
The Bobcats stormed back to tie the match, highlighted by two Sherwin kills
Quinnipiac tallied three straight points before both teams trading points with the Bobcats taking a 20-19 lead.
Miller recorded a kill and Sacred Heart had an attack error before the Pioneers called a timeout
Coming out of the timeout, Sacred Heart won two straight points to take the set.

THIRD SET (Quinnipiac 25, Sacred Heart 19)

Lauren Miller (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) started off the third set with a service and the Bobcats took a 4-2 lead but Sacred Heart answered with three straight points
Following the Pioneers' 8-6 lead, the Bobcats won six straight points to take a 12-8 lead thanks to three Kat Miller aces
After the lead extended to five, Sacred Heart won three points to pull back within two.
Quinnipiac won eight of the final 12 points to clinch the set victory.

FOURTH SET (Sacred Heart 25, Quinnipiac 16)

Quinnipiac jumped out to a 6-4 lead early in the third set before five straight Sacred Heart points forced a Bobcat timeout
The Pioneers extended their lead to five points with four Bobcats attack errors
After two Quinnipiac points, Sacred Heart won seven of eight points to take a 21-12 lead
The Bobcats and Pioneers traded points the rest of the way before Sacred Heart's win

NOTES

One day after recording 14 kills, Sherwin powered home 13 kills against the Pioneers
Baker's season-best 11 kills, coupled with a .231 hitting percentage and three blocks, provided her best performance of the season
Rodriguez picked up 13 digs and had a kill offensively
Miller recorded an impressive five service aces in the losing effort
The Bobcats recorded 41 kills as a team

QUINNIPIAC MATCH LEADERS

Kills: Sherwin (13)
Aces: K. Miller (5)
Blocks: Baker (3)
Pansari: Pansari (37)
Digs: Rodriguez (13)

MATCH TWO
SCORE
Yale 3, Quinnipiac 1 (25-14, 25-20, 25-22)

LOCATION
John J. Lee Amphitheatre | New Haven, Conn.

RECORDS
Yale (3-0) | Quinnipiac (0-7)

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Yale 25, Quinnipiac 14)

The first set started off with the Bobcats and Bulldogs trading the first six points with the team's tied 3-3
Yale went on a roll to take control of the set, recording 10 of the next 11 points to take a 13-4 lead
Following a kill and a service ace from Kat Miller, Yale won eight of the next 11 points to take a 21-10 lead.
Miller recorded three straight kills to pull the Bobcats back within nine before Yale took the set

SECOND SET (Yale 25, Quinnipiac 20)

Quinnipiac and Yale were neck-and-neck throughout much of the second set.
After back-to-back kills from Gabby Horman (Smithtown, New York), Yale won four straight points before the Bobcats tied it back up 5-5.
Neither team managed to take a lead of more than two points until Yale's four-point run made it 17-12
The Bulldogs extended their lead to six at 23-17 before the Bobcats pulled back within four (24-20) but it was not enough

THIRD SET (Yale 25, Quinnipiac 22)

Once again, the Bobcats and Bulldogs battled throughout the third set with neither team taking more than a three-point lead
The Bobcats tied up the match 7-7 early after a kill from Sherwin and back-to-back Yale attack errors
Quinnipiac took three more points to take a 10-8 lead after a kill from Miller and two more Yale errors
Yale extended its lead to 16-13 but the Bobcats stormed back to tie the match, 17-17, after two kills from Sherwin and one from Oates
Miller gave the Bobcats a 22-21 lead late in the set before Yale won the final four points to take the victory

NOTES

Kat Miller had a fantastic third set with five kills and five digs to cap off her third double-double in the first six matches of the season with 10 kills and 13 digs
Miller also recorded a .400 hitting percentage to lead the Bobcats after 20 total attacks
Sherwin finished second on the team with eight kills as she wrapped up a spectacular weekend of play in the Battle of Connecticut
Horman recorded six kills and four blocks (three solo's) in an impressive performance in Saturday night's match
Maria Pansari (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) registered a kill and 28 assists

QUINNIPIAC MATCH LEADERS

Kills: K. Miller (10)
Aces: K. Miller (1)
Blocks: Horman (4)
Pansari: Pansari (28)
Digs: Miller (13)

UPCOMING MATCHES

Quinnipiac volleyball travels to Smithfield, Rhode Island, next weekend for three matches at the Bryant Invitational where the Bobcats will face Coppin State on Friday night at 6 p.m. followed by a pair of matches against Middle Tennessee on Saturday at 10 a.m. and Bryant at 5 p.m.