Bobcats Battle Tough, Drop MAAC Quarterfinal Contest to Fairfield

Friday, November 16

Kissimmee, Fla.

12:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

9-21

Fairfield (Quarterfinals)

14-15

Quinnipiac

Fairfield

Photo by: John Hassett

Bobcats Battle Tough, Drop MAAC Quarterfinal Contest to Fairfield

11/16/2018 2:48:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Women's Volleyball Season Comes to an End in MAAC Quarterfinals

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Despite sending the first and third sets to extra points, the Quinnipiac women's volleyball team fell in straight sets to the fourth-seeded Fairfield Stags in the quarterfinal round of the 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship tournament on Friday afternoon in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

SCORE
Fairfield 3, Quinnipiac 0 (26-24, 25-18, 26-24)

LOCATION
HP Fieldhouse | ESPN Wide World of Sports | Orlando, Fla.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (9-21, 7-11 MAAC) | Fairfield (14-15, 11-7 MAAC)

FIRST SET (Fairfield 26, Quinnipiac 24) – The Bobcats opened the match with confidence as Morgan Sherwin threw down three early kills to open up a 7-2 Quinnipiac lead. Fairfield pulled within two after a Luci Albertson kill made it 9-7 Bobcats, but Quinnipiac answered with three straight points to force the Stags to use a timeout. After the Bobcats took a 14-9 lead, Fairfield scored three of the next four points and would eventually tie the match at 15. As the back-and-forth set continued, the Bobcats went on a 4-1 run, pushing Fairfield to the brink at 19-16. The score had progressed to 21-20 when Lydia Jones picked up a kill and Sherwin added two to generate set point at 24-21. Set point did not psyche out the Stags, as the #4 seed rallied to produce a 5-0 and win the set 26-24.

SECOND SET (Fairfield 25, Quinnipiac 18) – Fairfield used the momentum of the dramatic first set win to jump out to a 5-1 lead in the second set. Sherwin and Kat Miller tallied kills to cut into the lead, but the Bobcats were unable to get any closer than two points, falling 25-18 in the frame.

THIRD SET (Fairfield 26, Quinnipiac 24) – The third set consisted of multiple runs, starting with a 7-3 run for Fairfield as they looked to close out the match. After a well-placed timeout by Kris Czaplinski, the Bobcats answered with a 7-2 run of their own to take a 10-9 lead and force the Stags to use a timeout of their own. The two sides would trade points for the next few sequences, resulting in an 18-18 tie, before Fairfield would put away five of six points to inch closer to the victory. But again, the Bobcats continued to fight, evening the score at 23-23 thanks to a Maggie Baker kill. Both teams would reach 24, with the Bobcats fending off a match point on a kill by Jones, but the Stags closed out the match after an error and a kill by Sydney Williams.

NOTES

Kat Miller's illustrious career at Quinnipiac comes to an end with the loss. Miller finishes her career with the following rankings in the Quinnipiac record book:
- ALL-TIME: Matches started (2nd), matches played (5th), sets played (4th), digs (2nd), kills (3rd), attack % (4th)
- DIVISION I: Sets played (1st), kills (2nd), digs (2nd), blocks (4th), service aces (2nd)
- SINGLE-SEASON ALL-TIME: Digs (9th in 2016, 10th in 2018)
- SINGLE-SEASON DIVISION I: Digs (7th in 2016, 8th in 2018), service aces (6th in 2018, 10th in 2017), kills (5th in 2018)
Morgan Sherwin led the Bobcats with 14 kills and picked up the double-double with 10 digs.