Women's Volleyball Suffers Heartbreaking Loss Against Westminster

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's volleyball team suffered a tough five-set loss against Westminster on Wednesday.

Result

Westminster 3, Fontbonne 2 (22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-10)

Set Notes

Set 1: The Griffins finished with a match-high 15 kills in the set, to go along with its .268 hitting percentage. Jordan Harpel and Hannah Gallagher led with four kills each.

Set 2: Second set remained the same story with Fontbonne taking an 13-10 lead on three straight service aces from Emma Pramik. They never relinquished its lead the rest of the way going on for the 25-23 win.

Fontbonne compiled 14 kills and a .286 hitting percentage in the second. Gallagher led with five kills, while Harpel and Kristen Kaempfe totaled three apiece.

Set 3: It was back-and-forth play early, but the Blue Jays took a 13-12 lead and never looked back staying alive to force a fourth set. The Griffins were limited to eight kills and a .042 hitting percentage in the third.

Set 4: The Blue Jays carried its momentum from the third into the fourth having statistically its best set with 14 kills and a .323 hitting percentage in the victory.

Fontbonne got back to 14 kills ending with a .200 hitting percentage. Jadyn Fitzgerald had a strong set with six kills.

Set 5: The Blue Jays capped off the comeback with a 15-10 win in the fifth totaling four kills and a .167 hitting percentage. Fontbonne ended with seven kills and a .143 hitting percentage.

Team Notes

• Fontbonne finished with 58 kills and a .184 hitting percentage.
• Defensively, the team came away with 79 digs and a season-high 17 block assists.

Top Griffins

Kristen Kaempfe: 15 kills, .275 hitting percentage, six digs, three block assists

Hannah Gallagher: 15 kills, season-high 15 digs

Jadyn Fitzgerald: 13 kills, .205 hitting percentage

Ella Werner-Click: Career-high 53 assists, 10 digs

Emma Pramik: 17 digs

Alexa Lofgren: Career-high 16 digs

Up Next

The Griffins are right back in action on Thursday when they'll visit Blackburn. First-service at 7 p.m.

Make sure to follow the women's volleyball team on all its social media accounts: Twitter(@FontbonneV), Instagram (@fontbonnewvb) and Facebook (/LadyGriffsVB).