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UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS ATHLETICS
Senior Night a Success as Volleyball sweeps Jarvis Christian College
Posted: Oct 28, 2015

Senior Night a Success as Volleyball sweeps Jarvis Christian College

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Game Leaders
Jarvis Christian College
K: Alassandra Evans - 7
B: 4 Players (#2, #4, #5, #16) - 1
D: Mercadez Perkins - 17
SA: Keshanti Tidwell - 1
University of Dallas
K: Cat Dowgwillo - 12
B: 2 Players (#5, #13) - 1
D: Jessie Koster - 15
SA: 2 Players (#3, #7) - 1
Team Stats
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IRVING, Texas – The University of Dallas volleyball team (11-19) celebrated "Senior Night" in enjoyable fashion, taking a three-set sweep (25-17, 25-13, 25-14) from Jarvis Christian College on Wednesday. Dallas wraps up its final match in the Maher Center this fall, going 4-5 at the home confines. The victory also snapped an eight-game slide for the Lady Crusaders.

Both teams came out in the first set, and traded points throughout the opening exchanges. Jarvis Christian contained an early advantage until the Lady Crusaders utilized a 4-0 run to erase a 12-9 deficit. During that streak, Senior Cat Dowgwillo (St. Louis, Mo.) had two of her game-high 12 kills.

After the Bulldogs reclaimed a 14-13 lead, it was the home squad that would grab the advantage the remainder of the frame with another stretch of four-straight points. The Lady Crusaders pushed the margin to as many as eight – on the final tally of the set. Dallas closed the opening set on a 12-3 run.

In the middle set, Dallas rattled off several big rallies to jump ahead to a 16-7 lead. This included a string of six unanswered points to propel the Lady Crusaders up 10-4. Sophomore Diana Hassink (Tulsa, Okla.) would serve during six of those plays, resulting in five points for the home squad.

The greatest lead for the Navy and White in that frame was 12, again on the final score of the set. Dallas would notch double-digit margins on four occasions, with the first being 20-10. Two points in a row after a 23-13 scoreboard display closed out the home team's largest set win of the night.

Dallas never would trail in the final set, and would be able to complete its ninth sweep of the campaign. Prior to the tilt, two seniors: Jaime Birzer (Ottawa, Kan.) and Dowgwillo, would be honored for their four years in Navy and White.

Birzer would toss up the first serve of the contest.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE VS. JARVIS CHRISTIAN (7-26)

  • Dowgwillo and junior Mairin Guilfoyle (Roanoke, Va.) contributed double figure kill performances with 12 and 11, respectively. Guilfoyle was sharp with her second highest kill percentage this year with a .379. Dowgwillo hit a .280 kill percentage clip.  
  • The Lady Crusaders as a unit hit a .281 kill percentage, which is a season-high mark.
  • Freshmen duo Elizabeth Smith (Broken Arrow, Okla.) and Kaley Turner (Puyallup, Wash.) were nearly identical in assist numbers with 19 and 18, respectively.
  • A trio of players hit double-digits in digs led by junior Jessie Koster (Sherwood, Ore.) with 15. Right behind her was Hassink with 14, and fellow classmate Lexi Noriega (Salinas, Calif.) with 12. UD held a 62-52 edge in digs and 46-25 difference in kills.
  • The Bulldogs were led offensively by Alassandra Evans with seven kills and Talicia Lang gave five. Mercadez Perkins picked up 17 digs on the defensive side.

UP NEXT

Dallas concludes the regular season with two on Saturday, October 31, at University of Texas at Tyler. The Lady Crusaders face East Texas Baptist University at 3:30 p.m., before playing the host school around 5 p.m.