2008 Woodie Awards
Marist Volleyball snaps losing streak
Andy Alongi
Issue date: 9/20/07 Section: Sports
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The Red Foxes returned home Sunday, after defeating the Manhattan Jaspers in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) opener for both teams. The win ended a six-game road trip, and a six-match losing streak.
Marist stood at 1-0 when the Iona Gaels came to Poughkeepsie to take on the Foxes Sunday afternoon.
THE MATCH
The Red Foxes were handed their first MAAC loss of the season by the Gaels, taking the defeat in four games. The scores were 27-30, 30-23, 30-25, and 30-27. The Gaels remained perfect at 2-0, while Marist fell to 1-1 in the MAAC.
Sophomore outside hitter Alexandra Schultze led the way for the Foxes, tallying 17 kills on the match. Freshman outside hitter Joanna Foss contributed 12 kills of her own. Sophomore setter Dawn Jan set 44 assists in the loss for the Foxes.
On the defensive side of the ball, freshman libero Emily Brosky had 20 digs, while Schultze added 15, and Foss posted 11 digs of her own.
The Foxes jumped out to an early 21-12 lead.
Then Gaels senior outside hitter, Kristin Allain took the serve. Allain tallied six aces over the next ten points to bring the Gaels right back into game one. Allain made the score 23-20 by the time her service turn was over.
Schultze said Allain had an incredible top-spin jump serve.
"They had one girl who was doing an incredible top spin jump serve," Schultze said. "It was a very hard serve. It took us a while to get used to what she was doing. I think that's why it took us so long to break what was going on. Once we finally got it down, we stopped her momentum for the rest of the match. That helped a lot, but it definitely hurt our momentum because it was a long stretch of how many times she served."
However, the Foxes did not falter as Foss had the game-winning kill to win the first game of the match for Marist.
In the first game, the Red Foxes had just five errors on the attack. This gave them a hitting percentage of .379, a match high.
Marist stood at 1-0 when the Iona Gaels came to Poughkeepsie to take on the Foxes Sunday afternoon.
THE MATCH
The Red Foxes were handed their first MAAC loss of the season by the Gaels, taking the defeat in four games. The scores were 27-30, 30-23, 30-25, and 30-27. The Gaels remained perfect at 2-0, while Marist fell to 1-1 in the MAAC.
Sophomore outside hitter Alexandra Schultze led the way for the Foxes, tallying 17 kills on the match. Freshman outside hitter Joanna Foss contributed 12 kills of her own. Sophomore setter Dawn Jan set 44 assists in the loss for the Foxes.
On the defensive side of the ball, freshman libero Emily Brosky had 20 digs, while Schultze added 15, and Foss posted 11 digs of her own.
The Foxes jumped out to an early 21-12 lead.
Then Gaels senior outside hitter, Kristin Allain took the serve. Allain tallied six aces over the next ten points to bring the Gaels right back into game one. Allain made the score 23-20 by the time her service turn was over.
Schultze said Allain had an incredible top-spin jump serve.
"They had one girl who was doing an incredible top spin jump serve," Schultze said. "It was a very hard serve. It took us a while to get used to what she was doing. I think that's why it took us so long to break what was going on. Once we finally got it down, we stopped her momentum for the rest of the match. That helped a lot, but it definitely hurt our momentum because it was a long stretch of how many times she served."
However, the Foxes did not falter as Foss had the game-winning kill to win the first game of the match for Marist.
In the first game, the Red Foxes had just five errors on the attack. This gave them a hitting percentage of .379, a match high.
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