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Sunday,
September 23, 2001
Fairleigh
Dickinson Volleyball Finishes Third at Cornell Invitational
Sharon Becker Named to All Tournament Team.
ITHACA,
N.Y. – The Fairleigh Dickinson
University volleyball team (3-5) split a pair of matches on day two
of the Big Red Invitational hosted by Cornell University.
The Knights fell in four close games to eventual tournament
champion Manhattan and then defeated fellow Northeast Conference
school St. Francis (PA) in four games.
The
Knights dropped the first two games versus Manhattan but rallied in
game three, 35-33, before falling in the fourth game.
Sophomore Sharon Becker (Dumont, NJ/Paramus Catholic)
led the attack, posting a team-high 16 kills with just three errors
on 33 attempts. She
added six digs and two blocks in the effort.
Freshman Carli Kaminska (Clarence Center, NY/Clarence)
had 11 kills and seven digs and junior Allison Picker (San
Rafael, CA/Marin Academy) tallied 10 kills, four digs and five
assists.
Fairleigh
Dickinson came back later in the day to defeat the St. Francis (PA)
Red Flash. The Knights
took game one, slipped in game two and then sealed the victory with
a convincing game three and four.
Becker had team-highs in 11 kills and 15 digs.
Three other Knights collected double-digit digs including
senior setter Randi Kluemper (Allentown, PA/William Allen) who
notched eight kills, four aces, and 34 assists in addition to her 10
digs.
The
Knights complete the weekend with a 2-2 record and third place
finish, having lost to Cornell and having defeated Stony Brook on
day one of the invitational. Manhattan
swept its four matches to take first place, host Cornell came in
second with a 3-1 record, Stony Brook finished 1-3 and St. Francis
(PA) placed fifth with a 0-4 mark on the weekend.
The
Knights will face the Manhattan Jaspers once again when Fairleigh
Dickinson opens at home on Friday, September 28th for a
7:00 pm match.
Match 1
1
2
3
4
Fairleigh
Dickinson
26
28
35
21
Manhattan
30 30
33
30
Match 2
1
2
3
4
Fairleigh
Dickinson
30
28
30
30
St.
Francis (PA)
25
30
14
27
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