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College Volleyball: Siena College 3, Rider University 2
The Rider University volleyball team took the Siena Saints to five sets before losing a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference match on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 10) in Alumni Gymnasium.
LAWRENCEVILLE — The Rider University volleyball team took the Siena Saints to five sets before losing a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference match on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 10) in Alumni Gymnasium.
The Saints, who qualified for the four-team conference playoffs next weekend at Fairfield, escaped with a 25-18, 23-25, 27-25, 21-25, 15-7 win to improve to 19-10, 13-4 in the MAAC.
For Rider (11-16, 4-13 MAAC), sophomore Ashlee Amatulli (Menifee, Calif./Temecula Valley) had 46 assists and 11 digs with sophomore Jaclyn Webber (Anaheim, Calif./Canyon) adding 13 digs and 12 kills.
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Amatulli had two service aces and led the Broncs to a 9-0 lead in the second set with her serving.
Also for the Broncs, junior Bridget Sheerin (Oak Lawn, Ill./Marist) had 18 digs and 11 kills with senior Brittany Gajewski (Whitehouse Station/Hunterdon Central) adding 34 digs.
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Sophomore Kayla Wong (Tustin, Calif./Arnold O. Beckman) had 12 kills for the Broncs.
Siena out-hit Rider .211 to .115.
There were 19 ties and five lead changes in the match, 15 ties in the third set.
Siena defeated Rider 3-1 on Oct. 14 to sweep the season series.
Rider hosts Marist on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the final match of the 2012 season. Prior to the match, Rider will honors its senior class of Gajewski, Meg Cook (Warrington, Pa./Archbishop Wood), Haley Wilson (Williamsburg, Iowa/Williamsburg) and Stephanie Nagy (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine).
