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Center Valley, PA (October 18, 2012) – Moravian College entered Thursday's match ranked sixth in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings and the Bulldogs nearly knocked them off, dropping an extremely tight 3-1 decision that saw three of the four sets decided by just two points in Billera Hall.
The Bulldogs (12-16) gave the Greyhounds (21-5) all they could handle as DSU has now played one of the toughest schedules across the Mid-Atlantic region having faced five of the eight teams ranked in the region (Salisbury, Stevenson, Moravian, Gallaudet, and Messiah) and will face its sixth next week when they host Freedom Conference foe Eastern University.
Senior
Paige Horrigan reached a milestone in the loss, recording 11 kills and five blocks giving her 901 kills in her career and making her the ninth player in school history to record 900+ kills in a career.
Sophomore
Amanda Wallistch and senior
Eden Reichard were terrific on Thursday night on defense digging a combined 52 balls including 32 by Wallitsch and 20 by Reichard. Junior
Emilie Baker added 13 kills and 10 digs and sophomore
Brooke Horrigan also played well with 40 assists, 11 digs, and three blocks.
DSU is off this weekend and will now prepare for its battle with Eastern University next week on Wednesday night in Billera Hall with the winner taking home the top seed in the Freedom Conference playoffs.