University of St. Thomas Athletics
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Saint Benedict
12-7, 4-2MIAC
Seniors jump start Volleyball in 3-1 win
10/8/2014 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
After a slow start, three seniors fueled a happy ending for Tommie Volleyball in Wednesday night's home match against St. Ben's.
Jill Greenfield, Kelly Foley and Sara Atkinson combined for 37 of UST's 57 kills and hit .345 to lead No. 12-ranked St. Thomas to a 22-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-20 win over the No. 21-ranked Blazers.
The Tommies (15-4 overall, 5-0 MIAC) have won 11 matches in a row and remain the lone unbeaten in conference play. They extended their win streak over MIAC opponents to 13.
St. Ben's (12-7, 4-2) hustled to a game one victory by hitting .302 in the opening set and making several clutch plays late. But the Blazers hit just .120 the rest of the match and were hurt by seven service errors.
St. Thomas hit .186 in the opening set but improved to .300 the rest of the match to close with a .268 attack percentage.
Greenfield had 17 kills, hit .395, added 15 digs and three aces and now has 54 career double-doubles in kills and digs.
Foley hit .333 with 12 kills and added eight digs and two blocks. Atkinson added eight kills and two blocks.
Soph Taylor Lewis added 10 kills and nine digs; Whitney Abrahamson had 24 digs; Kayla Walton had 25 assists and eight digs; and Maddie Reese had 23 assists and seven digs.
Taya Kockelman just missed a triple double for CSB with 41 assists, nine kills and eight digs.
Three more ranked teams with a combined 59-7 record await UST this Friday and Saturday at the Elmhurst tournament -- No. 6-Juniata, No. 9 Elmhurst, and No. 8 Washington (Mo.).
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Action photos by Mark Brown
