THE RUNDOWN
Tournament: Stonehill Skyhawks Invitational
Location: Easton, Mass.
The Short Story: The Gannon women's volleyball team closed out the weekend going undefeated, 3-0, at the Stonehill Skyhawks Invitational in Easton, Mass. The Lady Knights swept Dominican College to open the day in three sets 25-11, 25-20, and 25-19 before defeating Dowling 25-22, 21-25, 23-25, 25-22, and 15-12.

GAMEDAY  CENTRAL
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HOW IT HAPPENED MATCH ONE
Score: Gannon 3, Dominican 0 (25-11,25-20, 25-19)
Records: Gannon (3-2) | Dominican (0-7)

THE BASICS

• Gannon jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the first set and never looked back.
• Dominican made a push scoring three consecutive points, 16-9.
• The Lady Knights recorded seven straight points to close out the first set, 25-11
• In the second set, the Chargers took a 6-2 lead tallying four straight points.
• Gannon responded going on a five point run, taking control of the scoreboard 12-9, junior Jordyn Thiery (Cincinnati, Ohio/McAuley) recorded two aces.
• The Chargers took the lead back 18-17, but not before the Lady Knights went on a 5-0 run taking back the lead, 22-18, Thiery tallied back-to-back service aces.
• Gannon held the lead and went on for the 25-20 victory.
• The Lady Knights took a 5-2 lead before Dominican tied the set at 6.
• Gannon responded going on a 7-4 run to take a 13-10 lead.
• The Chargers pulled within four points, but the Lady Knights went on for the 25-19 victory.
• Junior Hannah Kren (Waukesha, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) recorded a double-double in the victory, 10 kills and 13 digs.
• Thiery led the Lady Knights with eight aces.

HOW IT HAPPENED MATCH TWO
Score: Gannon 3, Dowling 2 (25-22, 21-25, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12)
Records: Gannon (4-2) | Dowling (5-2)

THE BASICS

• The Lady Knights took a 3-2 lead in the first set, before five ties and another lead by Gannon, 10-7.
• The Golden Lions weren't too far off the heels of the Lady Knights, pulling within one point on several points.
• Gannon closed out the first set going on a 3-1 run and the 25-22 win.
• Trailing 6-4 in the second set, the Lady Knights went on a 4-2 run to tie the set at 8 all.
• The Lady Knights only led, 17-16  off a kill by Thiery from senior Morgan Walters (Girard, Ohio/Girard).
• Dowling closed out the second set on a 9-4 run and the 25-21 victory.
• Gannon jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the third set, but not before Dowling responded scoring seven consecutive points and taking an 8-6 lead.
• Trailing 10-16, the Lady Knights scored five consecutive points to pull within one of the Golden Lions.
• Dowling held on for the 25-23 third set victory.
• Gannon held an 11-5 lead over the Golden Lions in the fourth set.
• The Lady Knights were able to hold on for the victory and forcing a fifth set despite a small 3-0 run by Dowling, 24-22, and the final 25-22.
• Gannon went up 9-4 in the fifth, but not before Dowling responded pulling within three of the Lady Knights, 9-6.
• With the Lady Knights leading 14-8, Dowling scored four consecutive points to make the score 14-10.
• Gannon took the fifth set and the match 15-12.
• Sophomore Kelsey Ansec (Solon, Ohio/Solon) and Kren both recorded 14 digs for Gannon.
• Sophomore Sara Crandall (Cattaraugus, N.Y./Cattaraugus-Little Valley) generated a seson high 36 digs.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Gannon finished the Stonehill Skyhawks Invitational with a 3-0 record.
• Beka Smith and Sara Carndall were selected to the Stonehill Skyhawks Invitational All-Tournament Team.

QUOTABLES | HEAD COACH MATT DARLING

• "I feel pretty good about our performance today, especially our blocking and right-side attack."
• "Against Dowling, we got great performances from Kelsey and Beka, both of whom played big when we needed them.  Sara was great on defense, too, and together with Jordyn and Hannah passed pretty well all match."

 
UP NEXT
The Lady Knights return home when they host the Gannon-Mercyhurst Invitational at the Hammermill, Sept. 18 opening against West Virginia State at 7 p.m. The following day, Gannon will face Ursuline College and Concord at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.