Women's Volleyball Sweeps Season Series Against Panthers

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's volleyball team earned the season sweep over Principia on Wednesday night with a four-set win.

Final: Fontbonne 3, Principia 1 (25-22, 27-29, 25-12, 26-24)

Location: Elsah, Ill.

Records: Fontbonne (4-19; 4-8 SLIAC), Principia (4-18; 1-12 SLIAC)

How It Happened

In the first set, the Panthers opened with an 11-8 lead, but the Griffins eventually tied it at 14-14 on a Panthers attack error. Later in the set, the Panthers were on top 21-17, though the Griffins battled back, finishing out the set on a 8-1 run as Taylor Jackson's kill gave them the 25-22 win.

In the second set, the two teams were all square at 15-15 on a Panthers kill from Jessica Bayne. Fontbonne gained some breathing room going on a 3-0 run. The teams went point-for-point the rest of the way, though a kill from Maura Rabun had the Griffins ahead, 27-26.

However, the Panthers finished out the set on a 3-0 run as a Greer Sprague service ace gave them the 29-27 victory.

In the third, the Griffins came out with a commanding 12-6 lead and that forced Principia to take a timeout. That didn't slow down Fontbonne with the team pushing its advantage out to 20-8 and going on for the 25-12 win.

It was another battle in the fourth set with Fontbonne grabbing an 11-10 lead on Rae Andrews kill. The Griffins continued to hold its marginal lead as the set wore on and were at match point, 24-22, on Rabun's kill.

The Panthers collected the next two points on Sarah Ungerleider's kill to stay alive. However, kills from both Jackson and Andrews secured the 26-24 set and match win.

Inside The Numbers

• Fontbonne set new season-highs in a four-set match in kills (55), hitting percentage (.173), service aces (12), and digs (94).
• The Panthers ended with 43 kills and a .080 hitting percentage.
• Defensively, they earned 92 digs and eight block assists.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Andrews made it eight double-doubles on the year with a match-high 14 kills and 13 digs.
• Rabun ended with 13 kills and a team-high .265 hitting percentage, while Jackson earned her first double-double with a season-high 11 kills and 15 digs.
• Abby Grumich handed out 44 assists and 18 digs for her third double-double on the year. Grumich now sits at 996 career assists and looks to become the eighth Griffin all-time with 1,000 assists this weekend.
• Megan Schaller led the group defensively with 26 digs. She continues to inch closer to the 1,000 dig mark in her career as she needs just 15 more to become the third Griffin all-time with at least 1,000 assists and 1,000 digs.

Principia Leaders

• Ungerleider led with a team-high 13 kills and a match-high .333 hitting percentage.
• Jessica Bayne and Nikki Matters added 12 and 10, respectively.
• Devon Marunde earned a double-double with 32 assists and 11 digs.
• Amanda Roberts finished with a match-high 33 digs.

Up Next:

The Griffins will now head out to Fulton, Mo., this weekend for two more conference matchups against host Westminster at 10 a.m., followed by rival Webster at 12 p.m.

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