ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -- For the third time in a week, Caldwell University volleyball has gone the full five sets with a CACC opponent. Unfortunately for the Cougars, for the second time the decision went in the opponents' favor, this time to Dominican at the Hennessy Center on Tuesday evening.
Freshman MB
Sarah Ojo (Richmond, Texas) had a team best 13 kills and and added three blocks, sophomore RS
Meredith Gatz (Millis, Mass.) contributed 10 kills and four blocks and junior setter
Grace Moliterno (Chester, N.Y.) flipped 19 assists for CU (3-11, 1-4 CACC).Â
Caldwell won the first two sets, 25-20 and 25-15, before the Lady Chargers (4-5, 2-2) battled back to take the next two, 25-18 and 25-12. In the decisive fifth set, trailing, 11-9, two Ojo Kills from Moliterno assists tied it at 11. But after the teams traded points for a 12-12 tie, DUNY won the last three points to take the set and with it the match.
Freshman MB
Si'ena King (Orlando, Fla.) co-led CU with four blocks, and the trio of soph hitter
Marley Rudolph (Hampstead, Md.), junior DS
Stephanie Ramos (Jackson, N.J.) and sophomore Libero
Olivia Oakley (Hopkinsville, Ky.) led the back iine with 11 digs each.
Caldwell next visits Chestnut Hill in a CACC matchup on Saturday in Philadelphia.
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