QU Volleyball Drops Another Close One, Falls 3-1 At Bryant

Tuesday, August 29

Smithfield, RI

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-4

Bryant

2-2

Quinnipiac

BRYANT

QU Volleyball Drops Another Close One, Falls 3-1 At Bryant

8/29/2017 5:26:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

Smithfield, R.I.. – The Bryant volleyball team had the last two points in the third set for a 25-23 win and the final two points in the fourth for a 26-24 win to earn a 3-1 victory over Quinnipiac on Tuesday afternoon at the Chace Athletic Center, spoiling a career-high tying 18 kills from sophomore Natalie Alechko (Old Tappan, N.J.) and the third double-double of the season from junior Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pa.) with 12 kills and 17 digs.

SCORE
Bryant 3 / Quinnipiac 1 (25-20, 15-25, 25-23, 26-24)

LOCATION
Chace Athletic Center / Smithfield, R.I.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (0-4) / Bryant (2-2)

NOTES

Quinnipiac suffered its third narrow loss in its first four matches, after falling 3-2 to Fort Wayne and Toledo in its first two outings.
Down 23-18 in the fourth set, the Bobcats used a 5-0 run to tie the match, capped off by a Kat Miller kill. After Bryant went ahead 24-23, Miller fought off the first match point with another kill. However, Kristin Kingi won it for Bryant on the second match point with a back row kill.
Quinnipiac also rallied from a five-point deficit in the third set (14-9) to take the lead at 20-19 on a block from sophomores Kaleigh Oates and Natalie Alechko. After Bryant went back in front, a kill from Miller tied it 23-23, before Bryant earned the last two points of the set to take a 2-1 lead.
The Bobcats had a big second set, winning 25-15 to level the match while hitting .407 in the frame due to only one error.
Alechko had six kills in a 25-20 loss in the first set, and started off a 4-0 run in the second set with two straight kills that turned a 13-10 lead into a 17-10 advantage
Kat Miller's double-double was her third in four matches this season
Alechko's 18 kills matched her personal best which she set at Rider last year

QUINNIPIAC GAME LEADERS
Kills: Natalie Alechko, 18
Assists: Maria Pansari, 29
Digs: Kat Miller, 17
Blocks: Elizabeth Kloos, 4

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac will be back in action when it travels cross country for four matches at the Cougar Challenge at Washington State. The Bobcats face Incarnate Word and College of Charleston on Thursday, and host Washington State and Baylor on Friday.