Release courtesy of Pratt Athletics
BROOKLYN -- Four players paced Pratt with eight kills a piece in the Cannoneers 3-1 win over visiting King's College Thursday night in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletics Confernece women's volleyball play at the ARC.
Freshmen Hannah Calderwood (Clinton, WA) and Charlotte Burch (Lawrence, KS) each swung for eight kills, the latter on 19 attempts for a match-best .316 hitting percentage. Sophomore setter Alli Houghton (Allentown, PA) led all players with 27 assists as Pratt took its season opener and HVIAC opener 25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 25-21.
For the Lions (0-3, 0-1 HVIAC), sophomore outside hitter Alexandra Rollis (Albany, NY) threw down a match-best 14 kills and completed her double-double with 14 digs. Middle hitter Hannah Eckart (Norwalk, CT) added eight kills, 14 digs and a pair of solo blocks in the loss.
The opening two sets were dominated largely by the Cannoneers before King's turned the tables in the third. A pair of Calderwood kills snapped a 9-9 tie and sparked an 11-2 run capped by a Burch kill, giving Pratt a 20-12 lead in its 25-20 opening set win. Two of Calderwood's match-high four service aces capped a 7-0 run and sent the Cannoneers on top 18-10, as the home team cruised to an easy 25-15 win in Game 2.
King's rebounded midway through the third with some help from the home team. Back-to-back Calderwood kills started a 5-0 run that saw Pratt take a 15-13 lead, but an Eckert kill capped a 4-0 King's run that put the visitors on top 17-15. With Pratt back on top 21-20, four straight Cannoneers errors swung the Lions on top 24-21 before a Rollis kill clinched a King's 25-22 win.
An Alexandra Martin (Huntsville, AL) ace followed by an Eckart kill had the Lions thinking tie leading 12-9. King's later led 17-13 before a 6-0 run highlighted by consecutive Renia Kagkou (Athens, Greece) service aces that led to a King's timout swung the Cannoneers on top for good at 19-17. Following a second Lions timeout, this at match point, Houghton set Burch up for her eighth kills of the night, locking up a 25-21 Game 4 win.
Kagkou and Diana Lezama (Bethesda, MD) each swung for eight kills for Pratt, with Lezama leading the defense with 20 digs.
For the Lions, setter Jessie Schnoebelen (San Diego, CA) tossed up 21 assists.
Pratt returns to play on Wednesday, playing host to Cooper Union, while The King's College takes nine days off before traveling to the College of New Rochelle in HVIAC play on September 14.
