CALDWELL, N.J. - After taking the first two sets in their CACC matchup with Post at the Newman Center on Wednesday night, things were looking up for Caldwell University volleyball. But the Eagles won the next two sets to send the match to a decisive fifth set, where the visitors withstood a rally and held off CU, 15-10, to take the match.
The Cougars got career-high performances from sophomore hitter
Marley Rudolph (Hampstead, Md.), who slammed 13 kills, and sophomore libero
Olivia Oakley (Hopkinsville, Ky.), who lifted 37 digs.
Sophomore RS
Meredith Gatz (Millis, Mass.) had a season-best 13 kills and sophomore DS/setter
Sienna Reddell notched a season-high 12 digs.
In the first, Caldwell turned a 12-10 edge into a 17-11 lead, two kills by senior hitter
Andrea Enabosi (Piscataway, N.J.), one by freshman MB
Sarah Ojo (Richmond, Texas) and a double block by Ojo and Gatz keying the spurt. Enabosi later finished off the set with a kill.
A late push in the second, which included four straight Rudolph kills, gave CU the 2-0 edge before Post took narrow wins in sets three and four.
The Cougars next take on Goldey-Beacom at the Newman Center on Saturday at noon.
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