John Steady

Box Score

Southern Conn. St. SCSU 17-7,3-3 NE10

Franklin Pierce FPU 9-9,3-4 NE10

Southern Conn. St. SCSU

17-7,3-3 NE10

Final

Oct. 22, 2021

Franklin Pierce FPU

9-9,3-4 NE10

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Southern Conn. St. SCSU	25	21	23	25	14	(2)
Franklin Pierce FPU	16	25	25	23	16	(3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | 10/22/2021 10:21:00 PM

Volleyball Topped By Franklin Pierce, 3-2

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Adelphi University

10/26/2021 | 7:00 P.M.

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Oct. 26 (Tue) / 7:00 P.M.

Adelphi University

Recap
Roster

RINDGE, N.H. – The Southern Connecticut State University volleyball team dropped a 3-2 decision to Franklin Pierce University. The Owls fell to 17-8 overall and 3-3 in the Northeast 10, while the Ravens improved to 9-9 overall and 3-4 in the NE10.

Junior Gabriela Gaibur (Monroe, N.Y.) was on the prowl on the offensive and defensive fronts. She picked up a game-high 21 kills, 20 digs, and two service aces. Sophomore Taylor Jones' (Middletown, N.Y.) play making abilities were on display as the setter recorded 51 assists and 15 digs. Sophomore Kacey Deecher (Granby, Mass.) had a 22 dig, 10 kill night, in addition to two service aces. Graduate student Abigail Epstein (Crystal River, Fla.) recorded 13 kills and two blocks, while sophomore libero Krishnalei So'oto (Oceanside, Calif.) recorded 24 digs.

Set Scores
Set 1: SCS 25, FPU 21	Set 4: SCS 25, FPU 23
Set 2: FPU 25, SCS 21	Set 5: FPU 16, SCS 14
Set 3: FPU 25, SCS 23

Notes

Taylor Jones has recorded double-digit assists in every single one of her appearances this season. She picked up her 11th game with 30-or-more assists, and had her seventh double-double of the season with 51 assists and 15 digs.
Jones picked up her fourth game with 50-or-more assists this season against Franklin Pierce. The last player to have more than four 50-plus assist games was Tea Carter during the 2019 season when she had five.
With 15 digs against Franklin Pierce, Jones also topped her career-high. Her previous career-high was set on Sept. 17 in a non-conference match against Franklin Pierce.
Gabriela Gaibur broke a career-high in kills with 21. Her previous career-high was set during the 2019 season with 19 kills against Stonehill on Nov. 16, and then tied this season at Post on Sept. 10.
Gaibur also notched her 16th double-double of the season with her 21 kills, 20 dig performance against Franklin Pierce.
Kacey Deecher notched her fifth-straight double-digit dig game of the season with 13 digs.
Deecher recorded her second career double-double with 22 digs and 10 kills.
22 digs are also a career-high for Deecher. Her previous career-high was set on Oct. 12 against Mercy when she had 17.
Deecher's 10 kills also tie a career-high she previously set against Mercy on Oct. 12.
The last time the Owls had three-or-more players with 20-plus kills in a game was against Assumption Nov. 9, 2019, when Anna Venard (26), Jillian Chambers (23), Gabriela Gaibur (20), and Jennifer Dawson (20) achieved the feat.
This was just the third time this season that the Owls have gone five sets with an opponent.