QU Volleyball's Comeback Falls Just Short in 3-2 Loss vs Iona in MAAC Quarterfinals

Friday, November 17

Fairfield, Conn.

5:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

10-22

Iona

15-17

Quinnipiac

Iona

QU Volleyball's Comeback Falls Just Short in 3-2 Loss vs Iona in MAAC Quarterfinals

11/17/2017 8:03:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's volleyball team fell just short in a comeback attempt, falling to No. 3 seed Iona in five sets, 3-2, in a MAAC Quarterfinals match Friday evening at George Bisacca Court at Alumni Hall.

SCORES
Iona 3 / Quinnipiac 2 (25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 14-25, 15-11)

LOCATION
George Bisacca Court / Fairfield, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (10-22, 9-10 MAAC) / Iona (15-17, 12-7 MAAC)

MATCH NOTES

Quinnipiac concludes its season with 10 wins, the fifth time it has reached double figures in the program's Division I history and the first time it has done so in back to back seasons.
Senior Elizabeth Kloos (Munster, Ind.), who missed six weeks with a broken ankle before returning on her Senior Day last weekend, had four kills, finishing her career with 779 kills, fourth on Quinnipiac's all-time Division I list.
Sophomore setter Maria Pansari (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) had 50 assists, giving her 988 this season, falling just short of the 1000-assist plateau for the second straight season. She became the first Quinnipiac setter to reach that mark at the Division I level last year.
Natalie Alechko (Old Tappan, N.J.) and Kat Miller (Collegeville, P.A.) led the Bobcats with 18 kills apiece.
Quinnipiac fell behind 2-0 early after dropping the first set 25-20 and second set 25-16.
Quinnipiac battled back to stay alive in the third set, using a 6-2 run to tie the score at 18-18 at one point.
Down 22-19 in the third set, the Bobcats closed the set on a 6-1 run to force a fourth set.
Miller led the way with seven kills in the third set.
Quinnipiac used a 6-1 run early in the fourth set to take an 11-5 lead that Iona could not battle back from.
The Bobcats used a 9-2 run to close the fourth set and force a fifth and decisive set.
Iona and Quinnipiac went back and forth in the fifth set before the Gaels pulled away late, 15-11.
The Bobcats graduate only two seniors, Kloos and outside hitter Jamie Termotto (Smithtown, N.Y.), as they hope to enter next season as one of the top contenders in the MAAC.