Box Score HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson's women's volleyball team fell to Bryant in three sets (25-20, 26-24 and 25-13). With the win the Bulldogs improve to 12-22 overall and 7-7 in the NEC and will be attending the NEC championships. The Knights finish the season at 12-22 overall and 4-10 in the NEC.
The match started with FDU taking a 3-2 lead with two kills from freshman
Carly O'Sullivan (Bogota, N.J./Bogota) and a kill from senior
Hanifa Addi (Springdale, Md./Charles H. Flowers). Bryant captured the lead going on a 6-3 point run with a kill from freshman
Taylor Wyckoff (San Diego, Calif./Clairemont) to bring the score to 8-6. The Bulldogs extend their lead on a 7-4 run with a kill from O'Sullivan and sophomore
Caroline Laton (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) to make the score 15-10. The Knights take five of the next eight points scored with a kill from O'Sullivan to close the gap to 18-15. The teams split the next 10 points with a kill from Laton and two kills from freshman
Alex Lolland (Auburn, Calif./Del Oro) to make the score 23-20. Bryant finished the set taking two points unanswered for the 25-20 win.
The second set would start with the Bulldogs taking an early 5-3 lead with two kills from Wyckoff. The Knights answered taking eight of the next 11 points scored with two kills from Laton and a kill from O'Sullivan to make the score 11-8. Bryant regains the lead going on a 10-4 point run with two kills from Wyckoff and a kill from Addi to make the score 18-15. FDU ties the score 20-20 after going on a 5-2 point run with a kill from O'Sullivan and Addi, along with a service ace from junior
Allison Butler (Plano, Texas/Plano). The Bulldogs finish the set on a 6-4 run with a kill from Addi and two kills from Lolland to close the set 26-24.
The final set opens with Bryant taking a 6-1 lead that would include a kill from O'Sullivan. The Knights push back takin two of the next three points scored with a kill from Wyckoff. The Bulldogs take 11 points unanswered to push their lead to 18-3. FDU claws back going on a 4-1 point run with a kill by Butler to make the score 19-7. The Knights continue the push taking five of the next eight points scored with a kill from junior
Corey Lostetter (Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) to close the gap to 22-12. Bryant takes the set on a 3-1 point run with a kill from O'Sullivan making the score 25-13.
O'Sullivan lead the offense for FDU with eight kills. At the net Butler recorded 23 assists, while Laton lead the team with three blocks. On defense Butler and Lostetter recorded 13 digs each while senior
Deborah Hong (Rutherford, N.J./Rutherford) would add12 digs.
O'Sullivan would lead the team with 292 kills on the season. Butler dominated the net with 835 assists and had an average of 8.19 assists per set. Hong lead the team with a career-high 476 digs and finished her career at FDU with 1,460 digs.
