Box Score
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – The Fairfield University volleyball team moved to a perfect 4-0 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) with a impressive 3-0 (26-24, 25-23, 25-17) victory at Siena College this afternoon. Sophomore
Brianna Dixion (Long Beach, Calif.) had 10 kills on .500 hitting and five total blocks to lead the Stags.
Senior
Lauren Hughes (Costa Mesa, Calif.) chipped in with eight kills and six digs. Juniors
Haililani Pokipala (Honolulu, Hawaii) and
Kendal Dirkin (Oak Park, Ill.) delivered seven kills apiece. Dirkin hit .438 on the day and did not make a single attack error. Pokipala, meanwhile, added four service aces and five digs.
Fairfield (5-10; 4-0 MAAC) allowed Siena (3-10; 2-2 MAAC) to creep back from a four-point deficit in the first set and tie the score 20-20. With the score knotted at 24-24, Pokipala got the crucial kill to give the Stags the lead. Fairfield then took advantage of Taylor Akana's attack error to come away with the 26-24 win.
The Stags trailed early in the second set, but came back to tie the score, 13-13, after a Siena attack error. The Saints were able to regain the lead, but they could not hold on as the Stags came back to tie it up once again. A block by Dixion and freshman
Hayley Moyer (Riverside, Calif.) on an Akana swing gave Fairfield the 22-21 lead. Siena made it a 24-23 game, but the Stags wouldn't relinquish their lead as Hughes gave Fairfield the victory with a kill.
The third set was close at the start with the score resting at 10-10. A kill by Moyer on the next serve sparked a huge 7-1 run by the Stags. Siena could not recover as Fairfield went on to the 25-17 victory.
Moyer finished with four total blocks, three kills on .400 hitting, and a pair of service aces on the day.
Fairfield out-blocked Siena 6-2 and held the Saints to a .196 attack percentage while hitting a collective .325. The Stags also held a 10-2 advantage in service aces and a 41-27 advantage in digs.
Three of the Stags' four conference wins this season have been in the form of 3-0 victories. Fairfield returns to action on October 2 when it hosts Marist College at 2pm in Alumni Hall.
