University of St. Thomas Athletics

Friday, October 10
Elmhurst, Ill.
4 pm

15-4

3
vs
0

Juniata

18-2

Team
1
2
3
Final F
St. Thomas2525253
Juniata1922190
Foley on fire, Volleyball tops two ranked foes Image

Foley on fire, Volleyball tops two ranked foes

10/10/2014 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball

 

Tommie Volleyball engineered a stirring comeback road win Friday night to cap off its third victory over a nationally-ranked team in three days.

No. 12-ranked UST rebounded from a 2-0 games deficit to top No. 9-ranked Elmhurst, 3-2, at Friday's Elmhurst Invite. The Toms (17-4) won 15-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-11 to push their season match win streak to 13.

Senior All-America Kelly Foley had a monster game against Elmhurst with 24 kills, one error and a .741 attack percentage to go with four blocks. Jill Greenfield added 14 kills and 13 digs; Taylor Lewis had 10 kills and 11 digs; Maddie Reese had 30 assists and 12 digs; Whitney Lloyd had 10 kills; Whitney Abrahamson had 19 digs; and Kayla Walton had 23 assists.

In Friday's first match, Greenfield had 15 kills, 12 digs and two aces to lead a 3-0 win over No. 6-ranked Juniata (18-3). UST won 25-19, 25-22, 25-19.

Foley added 12 kills; Abrahamson added 25 digs; Lewis had eight kills and eight digs; Walton had 16 assists; and Reese had 15 assists.

UST plays No. 8-ranked Washington (Mo.) Saturday at noon.

Players Mentioned

DS
/ Volleyball
MB
/ Volleyball
OH
/ Volleyball
OH
/ Volleyball
MB
/ Volleyball
S
/ Volleyball
S
/ Volleyball

Team Stats

UST-14
JCWVB
Kills
43
39
Errors
13
20
Attempts
105
119
Hitting %
.286
.160
Points
53.0
47.0
Assists
39
36
Aces
3
6
Blocks
7.0
2.0

Game Leaders

Kills
15
Aces
2
Blocks
1.0
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
2.0
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2.0
Kills
3
Aces
0
Blocks
4.0
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