Sherwin, Baker Post 20+ Kills in Loss to Manhattan

Sunday, October 6

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Manhattan

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10/6/2019 3:39:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac volleyball team dropped a tough five set match to Manhattan on Sunday afternoon. Maggie Baker and Morgan Sherwin led the Bobcats offensively with 25 and 23 kills respectively.

SCORE
Manhattan 3, Quinnipiac 2 (32-30, 17-25, 12-25, 28-26, 15-13)

LOCATION
Burt Kahn Court | Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (5-9, 1-4 MAAC), Manhattan (3-14, 1-5 MAAC)

SET ONE
The Bobcats defense at the net set the tone in the early stages, headlined by a block by Kaleigh Oates and Morgan Sherwin to give the Bobcats a 3-1 lead. The Bobcats went on a 4-0 run to give them a 7-4 lead in the set. Quinnipiac would continue to build their lead, going on a 3-0 run to push their lead to 13-7, forcing a Manhattan timeout. The Jaspers would go on a 7-0 run to tie the set at 15. The Bobcats would answer that run by winning two straight points, capped off by a Morgan Sherwin kill to give QU a 17-15 lead. A 2-0 run from the Bobcats would give them a 20-18 lead, forcing Manhattan to call their final timeout of the set. QU would call timeout leading 21-20 in the first set. Manhattan would come out of the timeout and win the next two points to take a 22-21 lead. After QU tied the set at 22, Manhattan would take the lead 24-22, but the Bobcats would fight off two set points to tie the set at 24. Manhattan took the lead 26-25 to force the Bobcats to call their final timeout of the set. The Bobcats would fight off seven set points, but Manhattan would take the set 32-30.

SET TWO
The Bobcats took an early 8-4 lead in the set. The Bobcats would force Manhattan to call a timeout, leading 10-4. The Bobcats would go on a 10-0 run to take a 15-4 lead in the set, forcing Manhattan to call their final timeout of the set. Manhattan would go on a 3-0 run, cutting their deficit to 18-11, resulting in a Bobcats timeout. The Bobcats would close out the set 25-17 through a Maggie Baker kill.

SET THREE
After being down 2-0 in the set, the Bobcats would go on a 4-0 run to take the lead. With the Bobcats leading 13-5 in the set, the Jaspers would call their first timeout of the set. Maggie Baker would come out of the timeout and hammer down a kill to set the tone for the Bobcats. The Bobcats play at the net proved to be too strong for the Jaspers as the Bobcats blockers would stop a lot of the Jaspers offense. A 5-0 run from the Bobcats gave them a 23-10 lead in the set, and they would go on to win the set 25-12.

SET FOUR
The Bobcats would jump out to an early 7-5 lead in the set. After Manhattan tied the set up at 7, the Bobcats would win the next three points to take a 10-7 lead. The Bobcats would maintain their lead through the middle of the set with both teams trading points. Manhattan took their first timeout of the set with Quinnipiac leading 17-13. Manhattan would win five of the next six points coming out of the timeout to tie the set at 18. Manhattan would take the lead 20-19. But the Bobcats would come back and win the next two points to take a 21-20 lead. The Bobcats would win the next point as well to force Manhattan to take their final timeout of the set. The Bobcats would call timeout facing set point at 24-23. The Bobcats would fight off that set point through a Lauren Miller kill. The Bobcats would fight off another set point at 25-24, and would take the lead at 26-25. But Manhattan would take the set 28-26.

SET FIVE
An ace from Maggie Baker would give the Bobcats their first lead in the set at 2-1. Only one point would separate the teams throughout the first half of the decisive set, until the Bobcats took an 8-6 lead into the side switch. Manhattan would win three straight points to take a 9-8 lead, resulting in a Bobcats timeout. The Bobcats would take their final timeout of the set with Manhattan leading 12-10. The Bobcats would win three straight points to tie the set at 13. Manhattan would win the next two points to win the set 15-13 and win the match 3-2.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS:
Kills: Maggie Baker (25)
Hitting Percentage: Gabby Horman (.500)
Blocks: Lydia Jones (7)
Assists: Aryanah Diaz (47)
Digs: Alejandra Rodriguez (37)

The Bobcats return to action on Wednesday, October 9^th, for a midweek clash with the Marist Red Foxes. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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