WORCESTER, Mass. — The Holy Cross volleyball team fell to Siena, 3-0, in nonconference action on Wednesday, Oct. 15 in the Hart Center Arena.
Junior outside hitter
Taliah Lee recorded a double-double with a team-high 12 kills in addition to 12 digs. Freshman outside hitter
Emma Sorensen had a team-high 14 digs and neared a double-double with nine kills on the evening. Freshman defensive specialist
Elizabeth Hall totaled 12 digs. Senior setter
Katie Russell finished the contest with 35 assists.
SET SCORES:
Saints 3, Crusaders 0 (21-25, 14-25, 22-25)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Crusaders and Saints traded points early, but Siena extended its lead to 10-5 in the first set after a service error, attack error and kill. Holy Cross trimmed the lead to 10-8 after a pair of kills from Sorensen and Lee and a bad set by the Saints. After Siena re-built a four-point lead, Holy Cross rallied back to tie up the set at 14-14, with Lee setting up Russell for the tying point. The Crusaders kept things close, but Siena eventually pulled away for the 25-21 win.
- Holy Cross continued to keep things close to begin the second set, with the score deadlocked at 10-10 before Siena took five of the next six points to build a comfortable lead. Lee had a kill to make it 15-12, but the Saint had four unanswered points and scored 10 of the next 12 to take the second set, 25-14.
- A kill from freshman KK Green gave the Crusaders a 3-1 lead to begin the third set, and that lead grew to 6-3 after back-to-back aces from freshman Kyla Harris. Siena was able to regain the lead, scoring seven of the next eight to go up 10-7. Holy Cross scored the next five — with three kills from Sorensen in that run — to go back up 12-10. After a service error, Lee and Sorensen teamed up on a block to make it 13-11. The Saints and Crusaders battled back and forth, with neither team leading by more than three the rest of the way, but Siena ultimately took the 25-22 victory.
INSIDE THE BOX:
- Russell recorded 30+ assists for the fourth consecutive contest, and had her second-highest total of the season.
UP NEXT:
- The Crusaders resume Patriot League action on Saturday, Oct. 18 vs. American at 4 p.m.
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