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Volleyball Tames Bulls, 3-2

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Junior Tricia Meyers (Cincinnati, Ohio) posted a career-best 29 kills, leading the Seton Hall volleyball team to a 3-2 (26-30, 32-30, 30-28, 26-30, 15-10) win over South Florida. The Pirates (13-11; 4-7 BE) played one of their finest matches of the season on Senior Day, and are now just a match and a half out of the final BIG EAST Championship spot.

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Svetlana Dukule had 13 kills and two blocks to help the University of Louisville extend its winning streak to 13 and stay unbeaten in the conference with a 3-0 sweep of Rutgers in volleyball action in New Brunswick, N.J. Sunday afternoon.

U of L moves to 16-4 and stays the only unbeaten BIG EAST team at 10-0 with the 30-17, 30-16, 30-17 win. Rutgers falls to 3-17 and 1-9 in the league. The Cardinals, the leading blocking team in the nation, had 13 to RU's one. Tatyana Kolesnikova had six blocks to pace the Cards with Lecia Brown tallying five.

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QUEENS, N.Y. - The No. 23 Red Storm volleyball team defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 3-0, Sunday afternoon at Carnesecca Arena. The scores of the match were 30-21, 30-24, 30-23. With the win, the Red Storm improved to 24-3 overall (9-1 BIG EAST), while the Fighting Irish fell to 9-12 (5-5 BIG EAST).

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SAINT LOUIS - Strong efforts by the Flyer offense and defense led No. 17 Dayton defeated Saint Louis, 3-1 (30-20, 30-27, 24-30, 30-25) in Atlantic 10 volleyball action on Sunday afternoon. With the win, UD lifted the best record in the nation to 23-1 overall and 10-1 in the A-10.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Duke senior Jenny Shull picked up her 2,000th career dig as the 14th-ranked Duke volleyball team earned a 3-1 (30-25, 30-27, 25-30, 30-28) victory over Maryland Sunday afternoon at Comcast Center Pavilion.

Shull became only the third player in the history of the ACC to reach the 2,000-dig plateau and moved to second place on the all-time list. The senior libero leads Duke with 455 digs this season and is on pace for her third consecutive season with 600 or more digs, a feat that no other Blue Devil in school history has accomplished.

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Junior Tricia Meyers (Cincinnati, Ohio) posted a career-best 29 kills, leading the Seton Hall volleyball team to a 3-2 (26-30, 32-30, 30-28, 26-30, 15-10) win over South Florida. The Pirates (13-11; 4-7 BE) played one of their finest matches of the season on Senior Day, and are now just a match and a half out of the final BIG EAST Championship spot.

Junior Brittany Rahrer (Fort Wayne, Ind.) posted a career-best 70 assists for the second time this season, which is also one shy of the school’s single-match record. She also added 14 digs on the day. After a quiet start to the contest, freshman Sarah Osmun (Crystal Lake, Ill.) finished with 17 kills and 21 digs. Sophomore Allie Matters (North Tonowanda, N.Y.) posted her third straight double-double with 15 kills and 17 digs.

Game one went back and forth which featured 11 tie scores and seven lead changes. The Bulls (15-7; 6-4 BE) finally took control of the frame by taking a 24-20 advantage. Seton Hall tried to fight back, but USF ultimately won the game, 30-26.

The Pirates came out red hot in the second frame, taking a 10-3 lead. The Bulls methodically cut their deficit and took a 23-22 lead. Both squads then traded points until Rahrer set the ball to Meyers for a kill to make it 31-30. On the next point, the duo combined again to block a South Florida attack to finish the win.

In game three, it was Seton Hall who had to come back after falling behind 14-10. The Pirates used a 10-3 run to take a 20-17 lead, and they were able to hang on to go up 2-1 in the contest.

The Bulls held a slim margin in the fourth game, but Seton Hall rallied to take a 21-20 lead, but the Pirates did not maintain the lead long. USF scored the next two points to regain the lead, and went on to win 30-26.

Seton Hall got off to another quick start game five, going ahead 6-2 in the early part of the frame. The Bulls chipped away at the Pirate lead and tied the score at 8-8, but Seton Hall kept its composure and went on a 7-2 run to complete the victory.

The Pirates host Long Island on Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 5:00 p.m. in their final home match of the season.

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HONOLULU - The No. 11 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (18-4, 12-0 WAC) swept the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (6-20, 1-12) 30-20, 30-15 and 30-16 in front of a crowd of 6,160 at the Stan Sheriff Center Sunday.

Jamie Houston capped a strong weekend, hitting .448 with 17 kills, six digs and three blocks. Juliana Sanders hit .562 with 10 kills while Aneli Cubi-Otineru had 12 kills and 10 digs. Elizabeth Ka`aihue added nine digs while Rayna Kitaguchi had a career-high five digs in just one game played.

The two teams kept it close at the start of the first game, as neither team held a lead of more than four points until a 8-2 run put UH ahead 22-15. The Rainbow Wahine continued to roll the rest of the way, scoring six of the last seven points to take game one 30-20.

UH kept it going into the second game, taking leads of 15-7 and 23-9. Hawai`i then put it into cruise control, taking the second game 30-15.

The Rainbow Wahine played 13players in game three alone, playing 16 players on the night. Elise Duggins came off the bench to serve most of a eight-point run to go ahead 12-3. The UH subs kept the pressure on, getting their lead to 23-9 before Amanda Simmons served an ace to end it 30-16.

Hawai`i will now head out on their final regular season road trip, playing at Nevada on Nov. 1 and Fresno State on Nov. 2.

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Senior setter Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) posted her fourth double-double of the season on Sunday, finishing with 36 assists and 12 digs, to lead the 10th-ranked University of Florida volleyball team to a 3-0 (30-24, 30-23, 30-19) win over Mississippi at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.

McGinnis spread the ball around to five Gators who had at least five kills on the day, led by 10 from freshman outside hitter Callie Rivers (Winter Park, Fla.). Senior middle blocker Kisya Killingsworth (Deltona, Fla.) came up with nine kills on the day, while McGinnis, senior outside hitter Marcie Hampton (Gainesville, Fla.) and senior opposite hitter Amber McCray (Longview, Texas) each had six.

“When you see a 3-0 win for the Gators today, it doesn’t tell the true story of the match,” Florida head coach Mary Wise said. “The way both teams played in the back row made for some really fun volleyball. We were able to score from a lot of different positions today, which is something that will certainly help us down the road.”

Florida’s defense was also active on Sunday, posting a three-game season high 14.0 total blocks and out-digging the Rebels, 63-47. Sophomore libero/defensive specialist Elyse Cusack (Melrose, Fla.) finished with 13 digs to break her own school record with her 25th-consecutive match in double figures. Killingsworth claimed team-high honors with seven total blocks, while McGinnis chipped in with six and McCray and junior middle blocker Kelsey Bowers (Gainesville, Fla.) each had four. McGinnis’ 12 digs moved her past Kris Bova for the second-most digs by a setter in school history.

The Gators found themselves facing an 8-4 deficit early in the opening game, but battled back to tie the score at 11-11 with a 7-3 run that was fueled by a block solo and a kill by Rivers. UF took its first lead of the afternoon at 15-14 courtesy of a Rivers kill, a play that sparked a 3-0 Florida run to force a Mississippi timeout with the count resting at 17-14 in favor of the hosts. The Rebels took the first two points after the break to cut the lead to one, but Rivers and McGinnis responded with kills on consecutive rallies to push the Gators’ edge to 20-16. UF extended its margin to 23-18 on the strength of kills by Bowers and Killingsworth before UM called its second timeout of the frame. Rivers’ sixth kill of the opener forced game point for the Gators at 29-23, and McGinnis finished off the first game two rallies later with a kill of her own to give UF game one, 30-24. Florida registered 5.0 blocks as a team in the first stanza, led by three from Bowers, to hold Mississippi to .195 hitting.

Back-to-back kills by Rivers helped UF draw even at 3-3 early in game two, and the Gators battled until a Killingsworth kill gave them their first lead of the game at 9-8. Florida took a 12-9 lead when Bowers and McCray combined on a block assist, but the Rebels fought back to tie the match at 15-15. Killingsworth helped put the Gators up by a score of 20-17 with a pair of kills and a block assist with Hampton, forcing the Rebels to call their first timeout of the frame. A kill by sophomore middle blocker Kristina Johnson (Indianapolis, Ind.) and an ace by freshman defensive specialist Erin Fleming (Orlando, Fla.) on consecutive rallies extended UF’s lead to 25-21, and Florida took five of the last seven points of the game, culminating on an ace from Cusack, en route to capturing a 30-23 win. Hampton, Johnson, Killingsworth and Rivers each had three kills in the frame, as McGinnis spread the ball around to the tune of 13 assists.

UF got early kills from McGinnis and Hampton in game three, but the Gators faced 6-4 deficit at the outset of the frame. Hampton tied the game at 7-7 at the end of a scrambling rally with a kill of the Mississippi block, and Florida took its first lead of the game at 12-11 on a Killingsworth solo block. Rivers’ second block solo of the afternoon came four rallies later and jump started a 3-0 UF run that put the Gators on top by a score of 16-13 and forced Mississippi to burn its first timeout of the game. Rivers, McGinnis and Johnson each fired home kills after break to run the lead to 19-15, and Florida’s advantage was five points, 22-17, when the Rebels asked for their final timeout of the game. Back-to-back block assists by Killingsworth and McGinnis increased the margin to 24-17, and the Gators chalked up four blocks down the stretch to cap the match with a 30-19 win. Killingsworth was active in game three, helping UF clinch the deciding frame with a three kills and five total blocks.

The Gators’ next match will take them to Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday night for a showdown with travel partner South Carolina. The action is slated to commence at 7 p.m., and radio coverage can be found on WRUF-AM 850.

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HONOLULU - The No. 11 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (18-4, 12-0 WAC) swept the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (6-20, 1-12) 30-20, 30-15 and 30-16 in front of a crowd of 6,160 at the Stan Sheriff Center Sunday.

Jamie Houston capped a strong weekend, hitting .448 with 17 kills, six digs and three blocks. Juliana Sanders hit .562 with 10 kills while Aneli Cubi-Otineru had 12 kills and 10 digs. Elizabeth Ka`aihue added nine digs while Rayna Kitaguchi had a career-high five digs in just one game played.

The two teams kept it close at the start of the first game, as neither team held a lead of more than four points until a 8-2 run put UH ahead 22-15. The Rainbow Wahine continued to roll the rest of the way, scoring six of the last seven points to take game one 30-20.

UH kept it going into the second game, taking leads of 15-7 and 23-9. Hawai`i then put it into cruise control, taking the second game 30-15.

The Rainbow Wahine played 13players in game three alone, playing 16 players on the night. Elise Duggins came off the bench to serve most of a eight-point run to go ahead 12-3. The UH subs kept the pressure on, getting their lead to 23-9 before Amanda Simmons served an ace to end it 30-16.

Hawai`i will now head out on their final regular season road trip, playing at Nevada on Nov. 1 and Fresno State on Nov. 2.

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Senior setter Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) posted her fourth double-double of the season on Sunday, finishing with 36 assists and 12 digs, to lead the 10th-ranked University of Florida volleyball team to a 3-0 (30-24, 30-23, 30-19) win over Mississippi at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.

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