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Box Score 3 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NY - The Saint Peter's women's volleyball squad opened the 2019 season at the annual Terrier Classic in Brooklyn, New York this weekend. The Peacocks dropped all three matches in the multi-team tournament, falling to Maryland Eastern Shore (8-25, 23-25, 21-25), Central Michigan (14-25, 21-25, 13-25), and host St. Francis Brooklyn (15-25, 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 13-15).
Opener vs. UMES
- Saint Peter's opened the tournament against UMES on Friday evening.
- The Hawks took the first set from the Peacocks, 25-8.
- The second set was a battle, as the teams played to a 23-23 tie before the Peacocks gave up the final two points of the set to fall 23-25.
- In the third and final set, the Peacocks fell 21-25 after another strong showing.
Game Notes vs. CMU
- On Saturday morning, Saint Peter's and CMU met for the first time in program history.
- After falling behind 3-8 in the first set, the Peacocks used a four-point rally that featured a kill by Danielle Lopez and a service ace by Karla Seda to cut the deficit to one point.
- CMU took full control of the set, pushing its lead to double-figures and holding off the Peacocks for a 25-14 win.
- Saint Peter's came out in the second set and controlled early, as the team took a lead as large as four (13-9).
- The set would go back and forth from that point as the two teams combined for five ties and five lead changes before CMU eventually won the set 25-21.
- The third and final set was all CMU, as the Peacocks fell 13-25.
- Alanis Alvarado led the Peacocks with a team-high eight kills and 13 digs.
Five Set Finale against St. Francis Brooklyn
- The Peacocks closed out the tournament in a five-set thriller against host, St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon.
- The Terriers took the first set from the Peacocks 25-15.
- The Peacocks responded with their first winning set of the season, taking set two 25-19.
- The Terriers held on for a third set win (25-20), before the Peacocks answered with a fourth set victory (25-21) to force a fifth and deciding set.
- In the final set of the match, St. Francis led the entire way, but Saint Peter's fought back to pull within one point before dropping the set 13-15, and the match 2-3.
- A trio pf Peacocks posted double-doubles led by Angeleyshka Curbelo's game-high of 21 kills and 16 digs. Alvarado followed with 10 kills and 19 digs, while Wildalys Soto notched a team-high 34 assists and 10 digs.
Inside the Numbers:
- Curbelo leads the team in kills so far through three matches, accounting for 26 total on Saturday.
- Soto has paced the offense as the team's leader in assists. In Saturday's two games, she amassed 46 helpers.
- Defensively, the Peacocks are led by Seda, who picked up 47 digs on Saturday.
Coach's Quotes – Joe Chojnacki
- "Very happy with how we progressed with each match through the tournament. Rachael Johnson getting hurt in the warmup was certainly a shock to the system, so we had to shuffle the lineup and a couple of people had to play out of position. Once we figured that out we really started to gel and it showed in our effort against St. Francis."
- "Angeleyshka played fantastic for us that match and Danielle really did a great job filling in in the middle. Our defense was very steady, led by Libero Karla Seda."
- "One of our mantras is 'every day is a chance to learn, every day is a chance to get better.' We learned a lot this weekend and we hope to continue to get better as the season progresses."
Up Next:
- The Peacocks resume action next weekend in the Bucknell Invitational.
- The invitational will be hosted by Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on September 6 and 7.
- The Peacocks will meet both Hampton and Bucknell in the invitational.
