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Women's Volleyball

Volleyball Sweeps Rhode Island 3-0

Box Score

Oct. 28, 2011

Box Score

PITTSBURGH - Sara Scheirman had a match-high 16 kills the Duquesne volleyball team defeated Rhode Island 3-0 on Friday night. The scores of the sets were 25-16, 25-23, 25-12.

The Dukes improved to 16-8 overall and 6-4 in the Atlantic 10 Conference

Allison Foschia had a team-high 16 digs and Taylor Jones recorded a match-high 35 assists.

The Dukes led wire-to-wire in the first set, opening up an early 8-3 advantage. The Duquesne lead would get as high as nine points after back-to-back URI errors to make the score 20-11. Scheirman's kill ended the first set 25-16.

Rhode Island led early-to-midway through the second set. With the Rams up 20-15, the Dukes score seven of the next nine points to tie the set at 22-22. A kill by Foschia and a pair of kills from Scheirman gave the Dukes a 2-0 lead after taking the second set 25-23.

Duquesne jumped out to a 14-3 lead in the third set and never looked back. Ashley Buse's kill ended the set 25-12 and the match 3-0.

The final home match will be on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. when the Dukes host Fordham on Senior Day. Before the match, the department of athletics will honor Liz Homan, Brittany Poling, Sydney Schwab and Nicole Wright.


Rhode Island at Duquesne

Team Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Rhode Island (12-12, 4-6 A-10)16
23
12
Duquesne (15-8, 5-4 A-10)25
25
25


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Players Mentioned

Taylor Jones

#10 Taylor Jones

Setter
5' 8"
Junior
Team Atlantis
Allison Foschia

#16 Allison Foschia

OH
6' 0"
Freshman
Maverick
Sara Scheirman

#4 Sara Scheirman

OH
5' 10"
Freshman
Renissance
Sydney Schwab

#7 Sydney Schwab

JR
5' 8"
Junior
Ashley Buse

#9 Ashley Buse

FR
6' 1"
Freshman
Renissance
Liz Homan

#13 Liz Homan

MH
6' 0"
Freshman
Brittany Poling

#15 Brittany Poling

OH
5' 11"
Freshman
Nicole Wright

#6 Nicole Wright

OH
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Taylor Jones

#10 Taylor Jones

5' 8"
Junior
Team Atlantis
Setter
Allison Foschia

#16 Allison Foschia

6' 0"
Freshman
Maverick
OH
Sara Scheirman

#4 Sara Scheirman

5' 10"
Freshman
Renissance
OH
Sydney Schwab

#7 Sydney Schwab

5' 8"
Junior
JR
Ashley Buse

#9 Ashley Buse

6' 1"
Freshman
Renissance
FR
Liz Homan

#13 Liz Homan

6' 0"
Freshman
MH
Brittany Poling

#15 Brittany Poling

5' 11"
Freshman
OH
Nicole Wright

#6 Nicole Wright

6' 0"
Freshman
OH

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