Women’s Volleyball falls in season opener vs. Limestone

Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College women's volleyball team fell in their opening match of the season inside Goodman Arena to the Limestone Saints to drop to 0-1 in South Atlantic Conference action.

TEAM STATS

- Limestone had 43 kills to Catawba's 27

- The Saints hit .261, while the Catawba Indians hit .072

- Catawba had four of six service aces on the night

- Limestone had 13 blocks to Catawba's two

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Maillie Chretien had a team-high 10 hills on a .241 hitting percentage in her Catawba debut

- Jordan Danielson hit .357 with six kills

- Dara Kane had a team-high 12 assists, while freshman Mya Benfield added 10 assists and eight digs

- Riley Hill led the team with nine digs with Kelcie Love adding seven digs

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST SET

- Limestone recorded 13 of the first 17 points to take an early lead

- Catawba roared back with six of the next seven points to cut the deficit to 14-10

- The Saints answered back with nine of the next 12 points to take a 23-13 lead

SECOND SET

- Limestone jumped ahead for the first six points in set two

- A kill by Danielson, three straight Limestone attack errors and an ace from Kary Hales tied the set at 7

- Back-to-back kills from Chretian and Love cut a Limestone lead down to 15-14

- Limestone prevented Catawba from stringing points together to win the set 25-22

THIRD SET

- Hales recorded two aces in a 5-0 Catawba run early on in set three

- Chretien's kills made it a 10-8 Catawba lead

- The Saints recorded six points in a row to pull ahead 24-15

UP NEXT

- Catawba heads to Murfreesboro, N.C. this weekend to take part in the Chowan Tournament

- The team starts the weekend with a doubleheader on Friday, taking on Shippensburg at 1 p.m. and host Chowan at 5 p.m.