September 9, 2008
McDaniel downs Goucher in five-set thriller
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Taylor Herrgott (Derwood, Md./Magruder) recorded 23 kills and six total blocks to lead McDaniel to a 3-2 victory over Goucher in non-conference volleyball action on Tuesday.
The Green Terror (5-3) won the first set 25-19 before the Gophers
(1-6) took a 2-1 lead in the match behind 25-21 and 25-20
victories, respectively. McDaniel tallied the final five points of
the fourth set to force its fifth five-set match of the season
before taking the deciding set, 16-14.
Jenna Filipone (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) finished with a
double-double for the Green Terror, recording 10 kills and a match
high-tying 18 digs.
Kristen Nuckles (Suffolk, Va./Nansemond-Suffolk
Academy) added a season-high 50 assists, 18 digs and five
service aces.
Nuckles, behind three kills from Herrgott, served McDaniel to a 6-0
lead in the first set en route to the six-point win.
In the second set, Kasey Quinn put down
back-to-back service aces to give Goucher an 8-5 advantage in the
match and the visitors staved off the Green Terror down the
stretch.
Knotted at 16-all in the third set, two Catie
Ditmore kills gave the Gophers a two-point cushion en
route to the five-point win.
Trailing 22-20 in the fourth set, Herrgott and Kelly Toms
(Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) recorded two kills
apiece as part of a 5-0 rally to force the deciding
set.
Trailing 11-7 in set five, Sara Hanlon (Frederick, Md./Gov.
Thomas Johnson) finished a Nuckles set out of a Green
Terror timeout to start a 6-2 run that Nuckles capped with her
fifth ace of the night.
After a Herrgott kill set up match point for McDaniel, Goucher got
a Ditmore finish out of a timeout to knot the match at
14-all.
A service error gave Filipone the serve for a second match point
and Herrgott delievered on a Nuckles set to win the
match.
The Green Terror returns to action in the Centennial Conference
opener at home against Muhlenberg on Sept. 20. Match time is 1
p.m.
McDaniel
def. Goucher, 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-22,
16-14)
McDaniel Leaders:
Kills: Taylor Herrgott 23, Jenna Filipone 10, Kelly Toms 10;
Assists: Kristen Nuckles 50; Service Aces: Nuckles 5, Herrgott 2,
Kristie Fourcade 2; Digs: Filipone 18, Nuckles 18, Fourcade 14;
Blocks: Herrgott 6, Sara Hanlon 2.
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