Women's Volleyball Splits Doubleheader Against Greenville And Principia

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's volleyball team split its doubleheader on Saturday falling in four sets against Greenville, but closed out the weekend with a sweep of Principia.

Game One Result

Greenville 3, Fontbonne 1 (20-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-19)

Set Notes

Set 1: The Griffins played its best set by far with 14 kills and a .179 hitting percentage. Kristen Kaempfe made an immediate impact with five kills. Jadyn Fitzgerald had three, while Morgan Horrell and Hannah Gallagher contributed two.

Set 2: The Panthers bounced back in the second set totaling 10 kills. Fontbonne, though had its struggles with eight kills and 13 errors for a negative hitting percentage of -.132. Kaempfe led with three kills giving her eight through two sets.

Set 3: The third set was another battle throughout, but the Panthers eventually pulled away for the win. Greenville had its best set of the match with 16 kills and a .343 hitting percentage. Fontbonne had nine kills led by Fitzgerald with three.

Set 4: The Griffins started out with an early lead in the fourth, however, the Panthers took over and went on for the victory.

Fontbonne totaled nine kills and a .133 hitting percentage led by Horrell and Gallagher with three kills each.

Top Griffins

Kristen Kaempfe: 12 kills, .242 hitting percentage

Morgan Horrell: eight kills, .129 hitting percentage

Hannah Gallagher: seven kills, 17 digs

Ella Werner-Click: 19 assists

Emma Pramik: 15 digs

Kiya Kolb: 12 digs

Game Two Result

Fontbonne 3, Principia 0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-9)

Set Notes

Set 1: The Griffins breezed through the first set with 13 kills and a .346 hitting percentage. Maura Oge and Horrell stood out with four kills each.

Set 2: Fontbonne eventually put away the Panthers in the second after having 10 kills. Oge was busy on both sides of the net with five kills and eight digs. Emma Harrop had 12 digs in the second set alone.

Set 3: Fontbonne dominated in the third from start-to-finish having 10 kills and a .172 hitting percentage. Payton Siebert had a strong set with five kills and a .714 hitting percentage.

Top Griffins

Payton Siebert: Season-high nine kills, .500 hitting percentage

Maura Oge: nine kills, eight digs

Mia Everett: 28 assists

Emma Harrop: Season-high 21 digs

Up Next

The Griffins are back in action on Tuesday when they'll visit Westminster. First-service at 7 p.m.  

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