October 30, 2003
Contact: Amanda Brickell
?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />BETHLEHEM, PA. – The Â鶹¾«Æ· volleyball team dropped its eighth-straight Patriot League match 3-1 to Lehigh on Thursday evening.
The Mountain Hawks took the first two games 28-30 and 25-30. The Raiders fought back to win the third set 30-28 before falling 21-30 in the fourth frame.
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Â鶹¾«Æ· was led by Laurel Oliver (Watertown, N.Y.) with 15 kills and Allie Nichols (Sacramento, Calif.) with 14. Freshman Marybeth Maziarz (Wilbraham, Mass.) tallied her first double-double of the season with ten kills and 11 digs. Setter Alana Elsner (Wheaton, Ill.) matched Maziarz’s 11 and added 51 assists for yet another double-double.
Senior Claire Putzeys (Newtonville, Mass.) notched four block assists moving her into seventh on the career blocks assists list with 162. Junior co-captain Natalie Rawson (Palmdale, Calif.) tied her career-high with 31 digs in the match. Her season total of 358 is the fifth best mark in Â鶹¾«Æ· history.
Michelle Schwendenmann paced the Mountain Hawks with 13 kills. Jeanette Singleton gathered ten kills and eighteen assists while Jill Kober posted a team-high 19 digs. Katie Dukatz and Morgan Volkert added six blocks apiece to the effort.
The Raiders fall to 5-20 overall and 2-8 in the Patriot League. The team will close its final road trip of the season against Lafayette in Easton, Pa. At 5 p.m. on Nov. 1