OCTOBER 21, 2008

 

 

WILKES-BARRE – The King's College volleyball team came up short in an important Freedom Conference matchup Tuesday night, falling to visiting FDU-Florham 3-0. The Devils were victorious by scores of 25-23, 25-21, 25-15.

With the win, FDU improved to 18-13 overall and 5-1 in Freedom Conference play. King's, meanwhile, slipped to 18-7 overall and 4-2 in league games.

King's played well the first two games and had opportunities to win each game. In the opener, the teams were tied 22-22 before FDU outscored the Lady Monarchs 3-1 the rest of the way to squeeze out the win. In the second game the contest was tied at 19-19 but FDU again came on strong down the stretch by outdueling King's 7-2 the remainder of the game. In the third game, however, King's was unable to generate an offense early on and fell behind 20-8. The Lady Monarchs attempted to rally and closed to within 23-15 but the Devils shut the door by winning the final two points to secure the victory.

Danielle Belfanti posted 19 digs and nine service points while Katie Doss tallied 10 kills and eight digs. Samantha Garrigues added 30 assists while Kaitlyn Malshefski contributed 10 kills and three block assists. Kat Clerici chipped in with nine kills and two solo blocks while Tanya Rabnold finished with 10 digs.

King's will face a busy Homecoming weekend with matches on both Friday and Saturday. On Friday the Lady Monarchs host SUNY-Purchase at 7:00 p.m.  On Saturday King's will host Polytechnic College at 1:00 p.m. At 3:00 p.m. King's will then host its annual women's and men's alumni games.