CALDWELL, N.J. -- Sophomore hitter
Marley Rudolph (Hampstead, Md.) had a team-high 14 kills and matched a team best with 10 digs, as Caldwell University volleyball fell in four sets to Goldey-Beacom College in a CACC matchup at the George R. Newman Center on Saturday afternoon.
After dropping the first two sets, Caldwell bounced back in the third, racing to a 9-5 lead with kills by freshman MB/S Siena King and junior hitter
Kaybri Lowry (Davidson, N.C.) and block by soph
Meredith Gatz (Millis, Mass.) and freshman
Sarah Ojo (Richmond, Texas) keying the rally. After the Lightning (16-6, 8-3 CACC) took the lead, 12-11, the Cougars scored four straight on a kill by Rudolph, block by Rudolph and freshman RS/S
Si'ena King (Orlando, Fla.) and service ace by junior setter
Grace Moliterno (Chester, N.Y.), who led CU with 15 assists.Â
CU three times took two-point leads after reaching 21 points, with GBC edging to within a point all three times until kills by Gatz and Lowry closed out the set.
Ojo finished with seven kills and four blocks, while Lowry pitched in six kills and six digs, Gatz powered five kills and four blocks, and the trio of Moliterno, Rudolph and sophomore Libero
Olivia Oakley (Hopkinsville, Ky.) had 10 digs each. Sophomore setter
Brooke Cvitkovic (Toronto) flipped a career-high 10 assists.
The Cougars visit Bridgeport on Tuesday in their next action.
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