ORANGEBURG, N.Y. - The Caldwell College volleyball team dropped a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference match to Dominican College in four sets, 25-23, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20 Thursday night at the Hennessy Center. The loss ends a five-match winning streak for the Cougars, who are now 11-10 overall and 9-2 in the conference. The Lady Chargers improve to 16-8, 10-3 CACC.

The first two sets were close battles, with neither team leading by more than five points. Dominican finished strong in both sets to take a 2-0 lead in the match. In the third set, Caldwell controlled play from start to finish and forced a fourth set with a 25-21 win. Junior outside hitter Cory Roesing (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus) had four of Caldwell's 15 kills in the set.

In the fourth set, the Cougars trailed early but bounced back to take a 13-11 lead. The score was tied 17-17 when Dominican scored the next three points for a 20-17 advantage. Caldwell pulled to within one, 20-19 on kills by junior middle blocker Keesha Francois (Elkins Park, PA/Cheltenham) and freshman outside hitter Susan McDonough (Saline, MI/Saline), but the Lady Chargers scored five of the next six points to clinch the set and the match. The loss is Caldwell's first to a CACC North Division opponent this season and ends a 16-match winning streak against divisional foes that stretches back to last season.

Roesing, pictured, finished with 10 kills to go with 12 digs to pace the Cougars. Sophomore setter Lauren Roth (Findlay, OH/Findlay) dished out 35 assists. Defensively, Francois had six total blocks, freshman libero Maddy Amon (Shelbyville, KY/Bishop Moore) recorded a team-best 16 digs and McDonough finished with 15 digs to go with seven kills. For Dominican, Michelle Fiorvanti tallied a match-high 16 kills, Courtney Heard had 13 kills and Kristen Loney registered 11 kills.

The Cougars return to action on Monday, Oct. 19 with a CACC match at Philadelphia University. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

CC - 23 22 25 20
DC - 25 25 21 25