October 6, 2007

MISENHEIMER, N.C.—Knights senior libero Erin Haugen (Ft. Mill, S.C.) reached the 30-dig club by making 33 digs on Saturday but host Pfeiffer University was able to defeat St. Andrews 3-1 (26-30, 30-23, 30-16, 30-24) in Conference Carolinas volleyball action.

The Falcons improved to 13-8 overall and 7-4 in the conference while the Knights fell to 9-15 and 8-5.

The Knights won a close game one 30-26. The teams battled evenly at the start and a Lauren Spiotta kill gave the Falcons a 17-14 lead. The Knights came back with 5-0 run to take a lead they would never let go of. Kills by Brittany Dickens and Morgan Liebert got the Falcons within one at 24-25 but St. Andrews held on to win the opening game.

Pfeiffer came back to take game two. Three kills by Lauren Elmore kept the Falcons in the game early and the score was tied at 13.  A 7-1 run put Pfeiffer up 25-18. The Falcons kept up the pressure and won game two 30-23.

Game three was dominated by the Falcons and they kept building on their lead. Two straight kills by Petra Ljubicic gave Pfeiffer a 25-14 advantage. The Falcons closed out the game 30-16.

Pfeiffer had to come from behind to win game four. The Knights came out strong and took a 15-12 lead. Pfeiffer bounced back with an 11-0 run to take command. Both teams fought hard but the Falcons won game four 30-24.

Sophomore Galina Podolsky (Raleigh, N.C.) led SAPC with 14 kills. Classmate Jaime Hayes (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) had 32 assists.

Petra Ljubicic led Pfeiffer with 17 kills. Lauren Spiotta added 12 kills. Morgan Liebert added 38 assists. Brittnay Poole had 16 digs.

St. Andrews next visits NCAA Division I High Point University on Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m.

NOTE: Release partially contributed by Pfeiffer Sports Information.