Dayton, Ohio – Senior outside hitter
Carsyn Henschen surpassed the 1,000-kill milestone as the Dukes wrapped up their road trip with a straight-set loss at Dayton on Tuesday evening in Atlantic 10 action. With the slip, the Duquesne volleyball team falls to 11-10 overall and 3-7 in league play.
POINT OF EMPHASIS
In the opening set, the two teams traded the first six points before the Dukes went on a four-point run to take a 7-3 lead. Senior
Carsyn Henschen sparked the surge with a kill, followed by a Flyers miscue, a successful swing from senior
Ariel Helm, and a service ace from classmate
Maggie Colenbrander. Dayton responded with a 7-4 run to narrow the gap to 11-10, but sophomore
Emersen Schrom halted the streak with a kill. Later in the frame, the Flyers used a 10-4 run to take a 20-16 advantage. The Dukes fought back as sophomore
Mirabella Iriarte found the floor successfully, and Henschen and Iriarte teamed up for a block to cut the deficit to 20-18. Dayton closed out the set by scoring five of the final six points, taking a 25-19 win and a 1-0 lead in the match
THIRD FRAME
The Flyers took a 2-0 lead in the match after hitting over .300 in the second set and jumped out to an early 6-2 advantage in the third. Duquesne battled back with three straight points, fueled by a pair of kills from Schrom and Henschen, before a Dayton error cut the deficit to one. Later in the set, a block from Helm and Schrom tied the score at 8-8, but the Flyers responded with three consecutive points to regain an 11-8 lead. The Dukes answered with a four-point run to take a 12-11 advantage, highlighted by a block from Helm and junior
Chloe Wilmot and a service ace from Schrom. Dayton countered with a 6-1 run to lead 18-15. Junior
Kylie Griffin and Schrom closed the gap to one with back-to-back kills, but the Flyers finished the match with a 7-1 surge, claiming a 25-18 victory.
1K MILESTONE
Entering today's match, senior outside hitter
Carsyn Henschen was just six kills shy of a major career milestone and she did not disappoint. Trailing 6-3 in the third set, Henschen took a feed from senior
Hanna Wilson and delivered a successful kill to surpass the 1,000-kill mark. She finished the night with seven kills, two digs, and one block. Henschen now has 1,001 career kills, including 193 this season, ranking second on the team. She has posted double-digit kills in nine matches this year and has led Duquesne in kills twice this season.
INSIDE THE STAT SHEET
Emersen Schrom led the Dukes with nine kills and 12 digs, adding one block and a service ace.
Ariel Helm contributed five kills and three total blocks, while
Chloe Wilmot recorded 23 assists, four digs, and an ace. Seniors
Maggie Colenbrander,
Madison Grimm, and
Hanna Wilson each tallied eight digs, with Grimm also adding four assists.
UP NEXT
Duquesne returns to UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse when it welcomes Rhode Island for a pair of conference matches on Friday, Oct. 24 at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 25 beginning at 1:00 p.m.
