Wilkes-Barre, PA (September 13) – The FDU-Florham volleyball team outlasted MAC Freedom opponent Wilkes in five sets, with set scores of 14-25, 25-21, 20-25, 26-24, and 15-11. The Devils improved its record to 2-3 and 1-1 in the MAC Freedom while Wilkes fell to 1-5 and 0-2 in MAC Freedom competition.

FDU was led by junior outside hitter Adrienne DeFuria (Randolph, NJ), who posted a team-high 18 kills as well as 19 digs. Senior outside hitter Charlotte Fruscione (Mahwah, NJ) contributed 13 kills and a team-high 29 digs while graduate student setter Kacie Ros (Bridgewater, NJ) set up 52 assists and posted 16 digs. All these efforts were season-highs totals.

Set 1: The Devils and the Colonels went toe-to-toe in the first points of the set until Wilkes put together 10 straight points after a 3-3 start that made it hard for FDU to rally from and eventually took the 1-0 lead.

Set 2: The Colonels tried to pull away from the Devils on several occasions, but the Devils fought back each time, rallying to tie the contest after being down 8-4 and then taking a 20-18 advantage after falling behind, 18-14. FDU held on to the lead for the rest of the frame and closed it out on a Wilkes attack error to tie the contest, 1-1.

Set 3: Wilkes saw bigger flurries of points throughout the set, taking 4-0, 13-8 and 19-11 advantages. FDU was not able to rally back and fell behind 2-1 in the match. Wilkes saw a team hitting percentage of .205 and a game-high 15 kills as a team in the set.

Set 4: Both teams were neck-and-neck throughout the set with no team seeing more than a three-point difference to each other. The set eventually went to extra points with a score of 24-24, but the Devils took two straight points on attack errors to send the match to a fifth set.

Set 5:  The set saw multiple lead changes up to a 6-6 tie until the Devils saw three straight points to make it 9-6 and never relinquished the lead and the contest was closed out on a kill by sophomore middle blocker Rachel Reiter (Riverside, Calif) to give the Devils the win.

FDU returns to the Ferguson Recreation Center Thursday, September 15, at 7:00 pm for a matchup with Old Westbury.

FDU-Florham is currently running a campaign in honor of former Devils men's basketball head coach, men's golf coach and athletic director Roger Kindel.

All donations will go directly towards funding a complete renovation of the basketball and volleyball court inside the Ferguson Recreation Center with his name dawned on both sides. If you are interested in reading more about the campaign and/or making a donation to the cause, please follow the link here: https://support.fdu.edu/athletics/devils/giving/roger-kindel

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