CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College volleyball team was defeated by Dominican College, 30-16, 30-26, 19-30, 30-16 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference match Thursday afternoon in the George R. Newman Center. The Cougars are now 1-17 overall and 1-7 in the conference, while the Lady Chargers improve to 3-8, 3-5 CACC.

After dropping the first two games, the Cougars rallied to take Game 3, 30-19. Junior outside hitter Laura Ciesla (Chicago, IL/Lane Tech) had seven of the team's 15 kills to help Caldwell close to within 2-1 in the match. But momentum quickly switched to Dominican in Game 4, as the Lady Chargers hit .400 for the game to wrap up the match.

Freshman setter Kendra Kane (Secaucus, NJ/Lacordaire Acad.) sparked the Cougar offense with a career-high 42 assists to go with 11 digs on defense. Freshman outside hitter Cory Roesing (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus) had a team-best 16 kills, Ciesla tallied 14 kills and freshman Justine Pecora (Clifton, NJ/Mt. St. Dominic Acad.) had 12. Freshman Kathleen Estes (Lyndhurst, NJ/Lyndhurst) recorded 16 digs defensively for Caldwell. Dominican's Theresa Hanneman had 15 kills and Kinikia Collier had 10 kills in the win.

The Cougars return to action on Tuesday, Oct. 9, when they face Molloy College in a non-conference match. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Rockville Centre, N.Y.

CC (1) - 16 26 30 16
DC (3) - 30 30 19 30