Sep 6, 2013

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DUQ STARTERS: Love, Henry, Kline, Lockett, Young, Foschia, Abshire (Δ)
CMU STARTERS: Maxwell, Fuchs, McIntyre, White, Gotham, Mulford, Coates (Δ)

MATCH NOTES:

• Duquesne defeated Central Michigan 3-1 (25-16, 32-30, 20-25, 26-24)
  
• Arielle Love had a team-high 17 kills and hit .500
  
• Taylor Lockett finished with 15 kills - one kill of tying her career-high
  
• Nora Young tied a career-high with 14 digs
  
• Patti Abshire had a team-high 19 digs
  
• Allison Foschia recorded 10 kills
  
• Sammy Kline made her first start of the season and had seven digs
  
• Abshire and Foschia were both recognized in a pre-match ceremony - Abshire for recording her 1,000 career dig and Foschia for becoming just the ninth played in program history to record 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs
  
• Central Michigan's Kaitlyn McIntyre led all players with 25 kills
  
• McIntyre also added 11 digs
  
• CMU's Jenna Coates had a match-high 28 kills
  
• The 32 points Duquesne scored in the second set was the most since they scored 33 against New Mexico State on Sept. 17, 2011
  
• The Dukes and Chippewas series is not tied at 1-1

COACH OPPERMAN QUOTE:
"The team really battled tonight, especially in sets 2 and 4 - both sets were really tight. The players fought and stayed aggressive. They didn't back down and that's what help win the match."

UP NEXT:
Former Atlantic 10 rival Xavier comes to the Palumbo Center Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. The Dukes head out to Robert Morris for the final match of the Duquesne/RMU Invitational for a 7:00 p.m. match against the Colonials.

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