September 1, 2007

VOLLEYBALL DROPS PAIR SATURDAY AT LEWIS UNIVERSITY FESTIVAL
Lewis University Flyer Festival  - Romeoville, Ill.

Match 1
Wisconsin-Parkside 3, Bryant 0
Game scores:   30-19, 30-17, 30-24
Records:   Bryant 0-3

Match 2
Lewis University 3, Bryant 0
Game scores:   30-13, 30-18, 30-16
Records:  Bryant 0-4, Lewis 7-1

Senior Tiffany Garry was named to the Lewis Festival All-Tournament team.

ROMEOVILLE, Illinois - The Bryant University women's volleyball team fell to 0-4 on the season after falling to Wisconsin-Parkside and host Lewis University by 3-0 scores.

In the first match of the day, the Bulldogs fell to Wisconsin-Parkside 30-19, 30-17, 30-30-24 as the Bulldogs struggled offensively, hitting just .074 for the match. Freshman Adrienne Boss (Dracut, Mass.) paced the Bulldogs with a solid eight kills on 14 swings while sophomore Morgan Wood (Cedar Park, TX) and Monika Sattler (Gruenwald, Germany) chipped in with seven and six kills apiece.

Wisconsin-Parkside hit a solid .289 but found its strength at the net, finishing with 15 blocks and 55 defensive digs.  The Bulldogs were limited to just one Likicia Grceva (Natick, Mass.) solo block as the senior finished with four kills on the night.  Fellow senior Tiffany Garry (Frankfort, Ill.) had 22 assists.  Garry was named to the Festival's All-Tournament team.  

In the second match, the Bulldogs fell to the host Flyers, 30-13, 30-18, 30-16 as the Bulldogs were paced by Grceva's five kills and Robyn Gardner's (Longwood, Fla.) 10 digs defensively.

The team will return to New England this week to open Northeast-10 Conference play Wednesday at American International (7 pm) in Springfield, Mass. before heading off to the Bentley Invitational next weekend.  

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