THE BASICS: 

-Score: Assumption 2, Franklin Pierce 3 (16-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-12)

-Records: Assumption (7-16, 3-9 NE-10); Franklin Pierce (17-8, 11-1 NE-10)

-Location: Rindge, N.H. (The Fieldhouse)

-The Lead: The Assumption College volleyball team claimed the first two sets by scores of 25-16 and 25-23, before falling in the next three to second-ranked Franklin Pierce. The Hounds battled but ultimately fell in the match by a final score of 3-2 in an extremely close contest that included two-point losses in sets three and four, and just a three-point differential in set five.

Franklin Pierce is currently ranked second in the NE-10 with an 11-1 conference record.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 

-Senior Tara Reilly (Northport, N.Y. / Northport) led all players with 21 kills on the day for a team-best .444 kill percentage while also posting seven blocks, four solo.

-Sophomore Julia Goyette (Randolph, Mass. / Ursuline Academy) registered 14 kills and added 10 digs and two service aces.

-Sophomore Olivia Burke (Salem, N.H. / Salem) also performed well for the Hound offense, notching 11 kills while adding five block assists.

-Sophomore Kiki Romanik (San Rafael, Calif. / Sir Francis Drake) tallied an impressive 48 assists and 17 digs.

-Sophomore Maria Chrisom (Dover, N.H. / Saint Thomas Aquinas) tallied 40 digs to lead the Greyhound defense.

-Overall, the Hounds posted 66 kills to 64 for Franklin Pierce. The Hounds also registered a superior .175 kill percentage compared to .162 for the Ravens.

-Katie Leidhold posted 18 kills to lead the Raven offense.

BEHIND THE BOX SCORE:

-Chrisom cracks into the top 10 of the Assumption record book following Saturday's match. She now holds the 10th spot in the single-match digs category with her career-high 40 and ranks seventh overall in matches that have gone to five sets.

-Reilly's 21 kills marks a new career high for the senior. Twenty-one kills is just one short of a single-match high in the Assumption record book, just one below the last spot which is currently held by sophomore Stephanie Hawley (Savannah, Ga. / St. Vincent's Academy) who registered 22 against Mercy last season on Sept. 13.

-While Romanik is already in the Assumption record book, her 48 assists was just one shy of entering the books again in the single-match category.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

-The Hounds got out to a quick lead in set one and maintained it to take the eventual victory, 25-16. The set included a seven-point run that elevated the score from 14-10 to 21-10 with Goyette behind the service line.

-FPU kicked off the second set with the first point but the squads tied the score three times before the Hounds pulled ahead. The Ravens made a push for a comeback toward the end of the set, reducing a five-point Hound lead to zero to tie the match at 20-20 and again at 23-23. The Hounds claimed the final two points on a Raven attack error and a Reilly kill for the 25-23 victory.

-The third set remained close throughout the entire frame with the teams tying the score 12 times before the Ravens started to pull away. Franklin Pierce went up 20-15 before Assumption came back with a 7-2 run to tie it up again at 22 apiece. The Hounds gave up two before pulling within one point (23-24) on a kill from Reilly. FPU followed with the final point, however, for the 25-23 win.

-The Hounds fought again in the fourth, keeping the score close and earning a 23-20 lead. With Assumption just two points away from a match victory, Franklin Pierce rattled off a five-point run for the 25-23 win to propel the teams into a deciding set.

-Assumption kicked off the fifth set 2-0 before a 6-1 run gave Franklin Pierce a four-point lead. The Hounds responded to tie it 8-8 and take a 9-8 lead on a Romanik service run before FPU tied it 10-10, then 11-11, and took a 14-11 lead on a four-point run. The Ravens took the final set by a narrow score of 15-12.

UP NEXT: 

-The Hounds have just one more game on the road on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Le Moyne at 5 p.m. before they return home to host Merrimack on Saturday, Nov. 14 for Senior Day at 12 p.m.

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