RIVER FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University women's volleyball team opened the spring 2021 season by dropping a pair of contests in a doubleheader at Dominican.

FINAL SCORES
Dominican 3, Benedictine 0
25-23, 25-22, 25-15

Dominican 3, Benedictine 0
25-15, 25-18, 25-21

MATCH 1
• The conference is playing doubleheaders for the abbreviated spring season
• Neither team led by more than three points in the opening set
• Benedictine led 15-12 before Dominican tallied six consecutive points to take the lead
• Back-to-back aces from Alyssa Mojica put Benedictine ahead 22-21, but after a timeout Dominican netted two in a row to take the lead
• Molly Stock tied the set briefly with a kill but Dominican scored the final two to grab the win
• Dominican scored the first three points of the second and led for nearly the entire frame but Benedictine scored six straight late to make it close
• The hosts made it a sweep by pulling away late in the third, using four straight o take a 20-11 edge
• Benedictine hit .346 in the second and finished the match at .157

MATCH 1 LEADERS
KILLS: Stock (10), Yngride Jean Phillipe (9)
ASSISTS: Mojica (23)
DIGS: Hayley Primas (10), Hannah Griffith (8)

MATCH 2
• JeanPhillipe opened the scoring in the first set with a kill, but five consecutive points from Dominican opened a 12-5 lead
• Benedictine opened the scoring in the second as well, but Dominican seized control
• Benedictine pulled within one twice but the hosts scored seven-of-eight to pull away
• Dominican netted the first three points of the third but Benedictine stormed back to lead
• After an error put Benedictine ahead 20-19, Dominican scored five in a row to set up match points
• Benedictine hit .346 in the third and .118 for the match

MATCH 2 LEADERS
KILLS: Stock (7), JeanPhillipe (5)
ACES: Griffith (3)
ASSISTS: Mojica (13)
DIGS: Sam Zurawski (7)

UP NEXT
Benedictine (0-2, 0-2 NACC) travels to Concordia Chicago for two matches on March 21.