October 30, 2007

BELMONT, N.C.—Senior Lindsey Stansbury (Morgan City, La.) registered her 16th double-double of the season to lead the visiting St. Andrews Presbyterian College volleyball team to a 30-26, 32-30, 23-30, 30-16 victory at Conference Carolinas rival Belmont Abbey College on Tuesday night at the Wheeler Center.

The Knights snapped a six-match skid, improving to 11-23 overall and 10-9 in Conference Carolinas, while the Abbey falls to 8-23 overall and 6-13 in Conference Carolinas.

Stansbury led the Lady Knights with her team-highs of 14 kills and 21 digs. Freshman Kelly Williams (Laurel, Md.) tied Stansbury with 13 spikes while sophomore Galina Podolsky (Raleigh, N.C.) was the third SAPC player to reach double-digit kills with 11.

Sophomore Jaime Hayes (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) handed out 49 assists, made 12 digs, and tallied five blocks. Defensively, libero Erin Haugen (Ft. Mill, S.C.) led the Knights with 20 digs. Senior Tara Lemieux (Panama City, Fla.) finished 13 digs to go along with nine kills and freshman Katie Lovett (Concord, N.C.) finished with 12 digs.

Podolsky and Lemieux each served up three aces to pace the Knights nine ace attack on the night.

The Abbey was led offensively by Sydney Steffen and Emily Frohnapfel, who both finished with eight kills. Jennifer Angelich and Leanne Cassandra both added seven. Setter Allison Smith handed out 22 assists to go along with eight digs.

Defensively, the Abbey finished with 79 digs as Monica Halligan led the way with 20, while Carrie Markham added 18 and Kimmel finished with 10. Frohnapfel paced the Abbey with four block solos and three block assists.

St. Andrews concludes regular-season play at Conference Carolinas foe Lees-McRae College on Saturday in Banner Elk, N.C.

NOTE: Release partially contributed by Belmont Abbey Sports Information Office