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Women's Volleyball Falls 3-0 To No. 20 Michigan
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 1, 2007
OXFORD, Ohio--In a match that featured 15 ties and seven lead changes, Pitt's women's volleyball team dropped a morning match against No. 20 Michigan, 3-0, in Millett Hall on the second day of the Miami Best Western Invitational. The Wolverines won the match with scores of 30-22, 30-23 and 30-26.
In the third game of the match, Pitt (1-4) kept it close. Trailing 14-10 and then 21-13 just minutes later, the Panthers battled back and pulled within four. Junior Jessica Moses' (North Olmstead, Ohio/Lutheran West) ace made the score 22-17 in favor of Michigan (5-0). The score was then 22-18 after the Wolverines recorded an error on Moses' next attack.
Pitt teetered back and forth the next few points but were within three after junior Kelly Campbell (Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield/Pacific) posted a kill thanks to an assist from junior Nicole Taurence (Trenton, Mich./Trenton) for a score of 28-25. However, the Wolverines only lost one of the next three balls for the victory.
The Panthers were led by Campbell with 18 kills and she chipped in two block assists on defense. Senior Diana Andreyko (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) recorded 11 kills and eight digs in the contest.
Sophomore Michelle Rossi (Cleveland, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) held up the defense with 18 digs, while freshman setter Emily Burke (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) recorded 36 assists in the match.
In game three the Panthers held the Wolverines to a .189 hitting percentage, however Pitt gave up seven points on attacking errors in that same game.
The Panthers will close out play in the Miami Best Western Invitational this evening with a nightcap against host Miami at 7 p.m.
