Madison McBride
Madison McBride

Griffins Take Wind from Clippers’ Sails To Score Third Straight CACC Victory

10/24/2015 6:11:00 PM

Box Score Bronxville, N.Y. - (10/24/2015) – Continuing to punish their recent Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opponents, the Chestnut Hill College women's volleyball team scored a third consecutive league victory with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-21, 25-20) triumph at Concordia College (NY). For a second straight match the Griffins hit .307 (32K-9E-75TA) and reached double digit aces as Chestnut Hill College spotted 11 serves for points. Junior outside hitter Madison McBride (Long Beach, Calif.) led the team effort with ten points coming on two block assists and nine kills on a .471 (9K-1E-17TA) hitting percentage.
 
Chestnut Hill College (9-16, 8-4) came out swinging, connecting for a .625 (11K-1E-16TA) team hitting percentage in a 25-10 opening-set win. junior middile hitter Emily Koehler (Bath, Pa.) captained the Griffins in the initial set, scoring her first four kills of the season off the feed from freshman setter Kennedy Sutton (Chesapeake, Va.), who provided ten assists in the frame. Concordia College (NY) (3-10, 3-10) put up a fight in the second set as the Clippers recovered from an early 11-3 deficit to narrow the final margin to four, 25-21; the Griffins managed to hold on thanks to six aces and three kills apiece from McBride and senior outside hitter Rachel Biro (Nazareth, Pa.). The third set was the most competitive of the afternoon with the Clippers owning a lead as late as 17-16, before the Griffins sprinted ahead for the 25-20 win and match sweep, 3-0.
 
Sophomore outside hitter Sydney Darden (Marietta, Ga.) led the Clippers with seven kills, four digs, and a block assist. Freshman setter Bianca Ortiz (Ponce, Puerto Rico) supplied 21 assists and four aces while sophomore libero Celine Arada (San Francisco, Calif.) made nine digs.
 
McBride's effort was complimented by eight-kill efforts from Koehler and Biro. Both also recorded two blocks. Sutton provided 23 assists, an ace, and two digs, while junior libero Regina Trabosh (Norristown, Pa.) hustled to ten digs in addition to scoring two aces. Senior defensive specialist Meghan Chiovitti (Brighton, Colo.) and sophomore defensive specialist Peyton Reno (Wilmington, Del.) led the Griffins exception serving performance with three aces apiece. Sophomore middle hitter Melissa Shunk (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) totaled four block assists to headline the defensive effort.
 
Chestnut Hill College continues their recent road schedule with a 7:00 p.m. CACC match at Wilmington University on Tuesday, October 27. 
 
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