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Saturday,
November 3, 2001
BOXSCORE
Fairleigh
Dickinson Defeats Long Island in Straight Games
Kluemper
nearly misses triple-double
Hackensack,
NJ
–The Fairleigh Dickinson University (10-9, 4-3 NEC) volleyball
team defeated the visiting Long Island Blackbirds (7-21, 2-5 NEC) in
a straight three-game Northeast Conference match.
The
teams were point for point in game one until the Knights closed out
from 24-23 by scoring six straight points, getting help from a few
of the Blackbirds 14 attack errors in the opening game.
The Knights bolstered their offense in game two, hitting .390
as a team, but so did Long Island, and the teams continued the close
battle until the Knights once again got six straight point to take a
23-15 advantage and eventually game two.
Fairleigh Dickinson would seemingly have an easier game
three, scoring eight straight points to open. Long Island put on the
pressure but could not come back as the Knights swept three games
for their last home match of the season.
Senior
co-captains Randi Kluemper (Allentown, PA) and Trisha
Nunnenkamp (Merrick, NY), who shared a team-high nine kills
apiece, were honored before the start of the match.
Kluemper, who served up an ace for the Knights’
match-point, almost tallied the first triple-double of her career,
adding 33 assists and 11 digs to her nine kills.
Allison
Picker (San Rafael, CA)
had eight kills and seven blocks while Carli Kaminska (Clarence
Center, NY) also had eight kills and added three blocks.
Mercy
Ibok (El Paso, TX) led the Blackbirds with 14 kills and four blocks
while Simone George (Wilmington, DE) had 13 kills and 13 digs.
Defensive specialist Loressa Berona (Buena Park, CA) posted a
game-high 16 digs.
Fairleigh
Dickinson travels to Quinnipiac on Saturday, November 10th
for a 12pm match before returning to Connecticut the next day to
face Central Conn. at 1pm for the Knights’ last regular season
match of 2001. The
Knights seek to clinch a trip to the NEC Tournament held on
Saturday, November 17 through Sunday, November 18th at
Wagner College in Staten Island, NY.
1st
2nd
3rd
Long
Island (7-21, 2-5 NEC)
23
22
22
Fairleigh Dickinson (10-9, 4-3 NEC)
30
30
30
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