Finding itself on the winning end of a gritty non-conference
match, the University of Redlands women’s volleyball team
(6-7, 2-1 SCIAC) prevailed against Chapman University, taking three
of the five games played (25-21, 25-16, 19-25, 19-25, 15-7).
Freshman middle blocker Emily Capozzoli (Poway, CA) had a breakout
game, notching a match-high 18 kills and amassing a respectable
.317 kill percentage. Helping out Capozzoli on offense was
sophomore middle blocker Megan Phillips (Vista, CA) who earned 10
kills on the match. The two offensive standouts also manned the
net, as Phillips tallied one solo block and three block assists
while Capozzoli recorded five block assists.
Head Coach Mari Burningham rotated her setters, which gave both
junior setter Kelina Smith (Kurtistown, HI) and freshman setter
Allison Light (Wildomar, CA) similar assist totals. Smith led the
team with 25 assists while Light compiled 20.
Due to the long rallies throughout the match, numerous
student-athletes on both squads picked up high dig totals. Junior
libero/defensive specialist Lauren Harding (Altadena, CA) led both
teams in digs with 27 on the match while sophomore outside hitter
Jackie Hamilton (Loma Linda, CA) also contributed 18. Knocking on
the door of double-digit dig totals, Smith and junior outside
hitter Katy Douglass (Roseville, CA) each provided nine.
During the third and fourth sets, Chapman’s Jill Felger
caused problems for Redlands, notching a few of her 11 kills total
off of sets by Kat Kowalski.
Kowalski monopolized the setting duties for the Panthers,
stockpiling 39 assists.
On defense, a plethora of Chapman student-athletes reached
double-digit dig totals. Erin DeRycke paced the team with 23 digs
with Linda Ly following closely behind with 19. Lyndsey Cargile and
Kowalski each provided 11 apiece.
Redlands travels to Caltech on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. to
take on the Beavers in a Southern California Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (SCIAC) matchup. The Bulldogs downed Caltech on
Sept. 15, winning by a 3-0 final.