Hurricanes Volleyball Drops 3-2 Decision to Notre Dame
Sept. 19, 2009
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Tallahassee, Fla. – Senior libero Cassie Loessberg became Miami’s all-time leader in digs Saturday afternoon as the University of Miami volleyball team dropped a 3-2 decision (25-17, 25-23, 21-25, 15-25, 13-15) to Notre Dame in the final match of the Seminole Tri-Match at Tully Gym in Tallahassee, Fla.
Miami (7-4) led 2-0 heading into the third set after collecting 25-17 and 25-23 wins in the opening sets.
In the third set, UM led 9-5 until Notre Dame (6-3) went on a 4-0 run to tie the set, 9-9. The Fighting Irish used Hurricanes attack errors and a service ace from Megan Dunne to take a 14-10 lead.
The Irish would use blocks from Kellie Sciacca and Serinity Phillips down the stretch to close-out the 25-21 win, forcing the match to a fourth set.
Notre Dame trailed for a total of two serves in the fourth set as Phillips, Sciacca and Kristen Dealy all tallied four kills apiece to help the Fighting Irish to a 25-15 victory, tying the match at two sets apiece.
With the match on the line heading into the fifth and decisive set, Miami led 3-2 following a kill from Carico off a Gallagher assist. Notre Dame immediately answered with back-to-back blocks from Christina Kaelin and Sciacca to go up 5-4.
An attack error by the Irish tied the set, 6-6.
The Irish extended their lead to 10-7 with more blocks from Dealy and Sciacca, as well as Megan Fesl. But the Hurricanes bounced back to within 11-10 when Lici McGee and Genny Mayhew combined for a block at the net, as well as another kill from Carico.
Dealy and Phillips came back for kills to push the Irish further in front, 13-10.
A final block from Phillips and Tara Enzweiler closed the match, giving the Irish a 15-13 decision en route to the 3-2 match victory.
Notre Dame had four players in double-digits for kills, led by Serinity Phillips with 18 kills, 13 digs and four block assists. Sciacca added 14 kills and a match-high seven blocks. Matching Sciacca’s 14 kills was teammate Dealy–also posting 11 digs.
Notre Dame’s Christina Kelin had 11 kills and six digs.
Miami was led by Carico’s double-double effort of 16 kills and 23 digs. She also tallied two service aces and two block assists. Senior Genny Mayhew recorded 15 kills and 15 digs for her first double-double of the year, also tallying three blocks.
Sophomore middle blocker Ali Becker registered 14 kills and four block assists. Mayhew remains three kills shy of adding her name to the list of players in UM history with 1,000 kills.
But the story of the day for UM, statistically, was Cassie Loessberg tallying 20 digs from her libero position to become the school’s all-time leader in digs. She now has 1,640 digs in her career wearing Orange and Green.
The Hurricanes will try to get back on the winning side of things when they host ACC foe Virginia on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. inside the James L. Knight Sports Complex. Last season, the Hurricanes dropped a heartbreaker to the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, 3-2, after leading the match 2-0 to start.
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