Oct. 16, 2005
Final Stats
The Iona College volleyball team won its 10th straight home match dating back to the 2003 season in a four-game victory over Siena (30-20, 30-22, 28-30, 30-21) in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference match at the Mulcahy Center Sunday. After taking the first two games, the Gaels (7-14, 2-0 MAAC) dropped the third before putting the Saints (11-11, 1-2 MAAC) away in game four.
The Gaels took control of game one early with a 7-2 advantage on five straight service points by freshman Shannon Lee. Junior Morgan Young's three straight service points game Iona a 16-10 lead. Sophomore Kristin Allain gave the Gaels a 10-point lead with two aces and a kill on her own serve. The Gaels maintained the advantage and took game one, 30-20.
A strong start by Iona's first three servers in game two gave the home team an early 10-4 advantage. Siena would get no closer than 19-14 in the game as the Gaels took the frame, 30-22.
Siena took advantage of a struggling Iona offense in game three to half Iona's lead. Christa Glenn had four straight service points early as Siena took a 9-5 lead. After an Iona timeout, Liz Hubbard's kill gave Siena a seven-point advantage at 14-7. Iona scored seven straight points on Young's serve with four errors by the Saints' hitters and a kill from Allain and senior Miki Hogg. But Iona would never take the lead in the game that saw 10 different ties on its way to 30 points. The Gaels came within a point of tying the frame at 29, but an April London kill put the game away for the Saints, 30-28.
Siena continued its strong play in game four at the start opening up a 7-3 lead. The Gaels scored the games next five points and took a lead it would never relinquish. After the Saints tied the score at 15, Iona outscored the visitor 15-6 to take the game 30-21.
Hogg's 22 kills and 25 total points led all players in the game. She hit .439 (22-4-41) and also had a game-high six blocks. Young continued her stellar play through the weekend, hitting .533 (16-0-30) and did not commit an error for the second straight contest. In the Gaels wins over the last two days, Young nearly hit .600 with 27 kills in 47 attempts.
Junior setter Beth Holly (Gahanna, OH) averaged 13.25 assists per game with 53 for the match. She has set up her offense that has hit over .300 for the past three contests. Junior Megan Dailey (San Diego, CA) had her team-leading fifth double-double of the season with 11 kills and 10 blocks. Allain also put forth a solid effort with 13 kills in the game. Senior libero Chelsea White (Cameron Park, CA) had a team-high 17 digs in the victory.
Siena's Christie Gustafson was one of three Saints with double-digit kills with 13. Nadiege Honore recorded 12 kills and Janine Pesusich had 10 in the loss. Setter April London had 41 assists. Libero Kathi Kobayashi had a game-high 27 digs.