Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Rutherford, N.J. - (10/14/2017) – Chestnut Hill College split today's women's volleyball competitions at Felician University, first earning a 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 26-24) Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) over the hosting Golden Falcons before succumbing to Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), 3-0 (17-25, 20-25, 12-25). Freshman outside hitter Corrine Kalala (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) led the Griffins versus their hosts, scoring 14.5 points in the first match with 12 kills and three blocks. In the second match, opposite the Owls, it was sophomore outside hitter Reily Byxbee (Madison, Conn.) who led the scoring (8.0 points) with six kills, an ace, and a solo block. Junior setter Kennedy Sutton (Chesapeake, Va.) totaled 53 assists and seven points (four kills, two aces, two block assists) between the two contests while senior libero Peyton Reno (Wilmington, Del.) accumulated 23 digs.
 
Chestnut Hill College (6-17, 5-6) led Felician University (2-14, 1-10) nearly the whole way in a 25-23 opening set. The Griffins pulled away from a 9-9 tie to earn a 25-20 win over the Golden Falcons in the second set. And in the third set, it was all Scarlet and Gold until Felician College rallied from a 16-10 deficit for a 24-24 stalemate. The Griffins' separator came on a kill from senior right side Samantha Gelfan (Chandler, Ariz.), 25-24, and the clincher on an ace from sophomore defensive specialist Janie Green (Hayes, Va.), 26-24.
 
Kalala scored her dozen (12) kills on a team-best .281 (12K-3E-32TA) hitting percentage. She also recorded two digs. Sophomore middle hitter Cassie Callahan (St. Louis, Mo.) joined her in double digit points (10.0) with nine kills and two block assists. Sutton supplied 36 of her assists against the Golden Falcons and she added three kills, nine digs, and two block assists to the effort. Reno and Byxbee both recorded double digit digs; the former totaled 15 digs in excess of three assists, while the latter made 11 digs in addition to seven kills, an assist, and two block assists.
 
SCSU (15-5) used the Griffins' fatigue to their favor, scoring a decisive 25-17 win in the first set of the second match. Chestnut Hill College approached the second set versus the Owls with determination level the field, but eventually squandered an early 6-3 lead in a 25-20 SCSU win. The sea change gave the Owls all the fuel they needed to post a 25-12 victory in the third set.
 
Three Owls finished in double digit kills and did so efficiently as SCSU finished the affair with a .380 (50K-9E-108TA) team hitting percentage. Chestnut Hill College battled the Owls behind Byxbee's eight-point effort. She also recorded seven digs. Sutton added a kill, two aces, and eight digs to her 17 assists, while Reno finished the non-conference fray with eight digs, an assist, and an ace.
 
The Chestnut Hill College women's volleyball team returns to Sorgenti Arena on Tuesday, October 17, when they host local CACC rival, the University of the Sciences (USciences) in a 7:00 p.m. Go4theGoal, Lace-Up for Pediatric Cancer match.