Women's Volleyball Closes Out Regular Season With Five Set Win Over Trojans

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's volleyball team closed out the regular season with a five-set win over Hannibal-LaGrange.

Result:

Fontbonne def. Hannibal-LaGrange 3-2, (21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 19-25, 15-20)

Records:

Fontbonne (10-15), Hannibal-LaGrange (13-9)

The Basics

Set 1: Both teams traded lead changes in the first but a 3-0 run from Fontbonne evened it up, 16-16. The Trojans started gaining some breathing room with a 21-18 advantage and that forced Fontbonne to take a timeout.

Out of the break, the Griffins responded with a 3-0 run with Hannah Gallagher's kill tying the game. However, the Trojans closed out the set on a 4-0 run for the 25-21 win.

Set 2: The Griffins this time around opened with a 14-7 lead on a double block from Jordan Harpel and Jadyn Fitzgerald. They maintained its lead the rest of the way with Gallagher's kill giving Fontbonne the 25-20 victory.

Set 3: After Hannibal-LaGrange opened with a 9-4 run, the Griffins answered with a 5-0 rally of its own. Later, the Trojans seemed to be in control leading 20-13, however, the Griffins went on a 7-0 run tying it up.

The Trojans regained a 23-22 lead but a kill from Ella Werner-Click, an attack error, and a kill from Kristen Kaempfe secured the comeback 25-23 win.

Set 4: The Trojans led 12-9 and stretched it out to 19-14 on Myrnaliz Perez's kill which forced Fontbonne to take a timeout. Fontbonne got the deficit down to 23-19 but kills from Perez and Miriam Nardi forced a fifth and final set after the 25-19 victory.

Set 5: After it was tied 3-3, the Griffins went on a 4-0 run leading 7-3. The Griffins remained in control the rest of the way going on for the 15-10 set and match win on Jadyn Fitzgerald's kill.

Fontbonne Leaders

• The Griffins finished with 51 kills and a .114 hitting percentage.
• Defensively, the team came away with 82 digs and 10 block assists.
• Fitzgerald led with her 15^th career double-double having a match-high 17 kills, 15 digs, and four block assists.
• Kaempfe added 12 kills and nine digs.
• Gallagher was a kill shy off another double-double with nine and 12 digs.
• Ella Werner-Click filled up the stat sheet for her 11^th career double-double totaling a career-high seven kills, 38 assists, and 14 digs.
• Emma Pramik posted a team-high 17 digs.

Up Next

The Griffins enter the SLIAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed and they'll take on No. 5 Webster inside the DSAC on Thursday. First-service at 7 p.m.

About Fontbonne University

Fontbonne University is a private, Catholic liberal arts university located in St. Louis, committed to a transformative education and inspiring students to become global citizens who think critically, act ethically and serve responsibly. The university, founded in 1923, is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. For more information, visit www.fontbonne.edu.

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