Nov 15, 2008
Volleyball Advances to Conference Championship with 3-0 Win over Bentley
PLEASANTVILLE, NY – For the second straight year, the
Merrimack volleyball team has advanced to the Northeast-10
Championship after defeating Bentley 3-0 in the semifinals.
The Warriors (20-8) will battle top-ranked New Haven tonight at 7
p.m. with a chance to capture their first-ever Northeast-10
Championship. This marks the first time Merrimack has won 20
matches in a season in school history.
Game scores were 26-24, 25-21, 25-22.
Alyssa Pickert (Tinley Park, IL) tallied 28 digs, the most
in her career for a three-set match. Molly Cindric
(Westlake Village, CA) posted a double-double on 13 kills
and 11 digs and hit .480 overall. Captain Ale Kuncaitis
(Canton, MA) registered 10 kills and eight digs, while
Elyse Lorenz (Frankfort, IL) chipped in with 40
assists and six digs.
With the game tied at 24 in the first, Megan Murray (Rancho
Santa Margarita, CA) picked up a kill with Lorenz getting
the assist and clinched the set behind a Falcon attack error. The
Warriors hit .277 overall, including .429 in the second set. In the
third, with the score tied at 22, Merrimack notched the
game’s final three points to close out the match, including a
kill from Lisa Barr (Alberta, Canada).
Currently ranked fifth in the east region, the Warriors upset the
Falcons 3-0 last season in the semifinals to reach the conference
finals, where they lost to top-seed Bryant 3-1. Bentley is ranked
third in the region, but is 0-2 against Merrimack.
