Women's Volleyball Advances Into The SLIAC Semifinals With Win Over Spalding

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Fontbonne University women's volleyball team earned its first win the SLIAC Tournament for the first time since 2005 after knocking off Spalding in four sets.

Final:

Fontbonne 3, Spalding 1

(25-20, 15-25, 28-26, 25-21)

Set Breakdown

Set 1: The Golden Eagles held a marginal lead throughout and stretched it out to 19-15 on a Fontbonne service error. The Griffins, though closed out the set on a 10-1 run for the 25-20 comeback win.

Set 2: Spalding opened the set with a 10-5 lead on Gabby Ellis' service ace. The Golden Eagles expanded its lead out to 17-7 and went on for the 25-15 set two win.

Set 3: The two teams were in a close contest throughout the third but Fontbonne led 20-17 on Jessica Molden's service ace. The Griffins still led 23-18 and that forced Spalding to take a timeout.

Out of the break, the Golden Eagles went on a 5-0 run to even it up 23-23. However, the Griffins were able to fend off the Golden Eagles and earn the important 28-26 victory.

Set 4: The Griffins took a 10-5 lead on Jadyn Fitzgerald's kill. The team led 18-11 but Spalding rallied with a 6-0 run and eventually met up with the Griffins at 20-20 on Hannah Holland's kill.

Fontbonne composed themselves and answered with a 4-0 run of its own and eventually grabbed the set and match win on Hannah Gallagher's kill.

Head-to-Head

• Fontbonne finished with 48 kills and a .109 hitting percentage in the win.
• Defensively, the Griffins ended up with 92 digs.
• Spalding totaled 45 kills and a .139 hitting percentage.
• The Golden Eagles had 83 kills and 17 block assists on the defensive side of the net.
• At the service line, the Golden Eagles committed 13 errors.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Jadyn Fitzgerald led the way recording her eighth double-double with a season-high 21 kills and 10 digs.
• Kelly Herr and Hannah Gallagher had six kills each. Olivia Tallo and Abby Grumich added four.
• Grumich recorded double-double number four on the year with 34 assists and a career-high 23 digs.
• Emma Pramik finished with 21 digs, while Rae Andrews (14) and Gallagher (11) each reached double-figures in digs.

Up Next

The Griffins return to action Wednesday in the SLIAC Semifinals when they'll visit top-seeded Greenville. First-service is TBA.

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