Saint Joseph's Tops Farmington, 3-2

FARMINGTON, ME - Freshman Katie Boccanelli (Cottonwood, AL) notched 13 kills to lead Saint Joseph's (4-12, 0-3 GNAC) to a 3-2 (28-26, 25-18, 21-25, 18-25, 15-5) victory over Maine Farmington (1-6) on Wednesday. Jordan Pelczar '12 (Meredith, NH) recorded 15 digs and Sam Varrell '12 (Portsmouth, NH) dished out 29 assists.

After the Lady Monks won the first two sets, Farmington rallied to tie the match at two-apiece and force a fifth set. St. Joe's played well in the final set, recording a .421 attack percentage with eight kills in 19 total attacks in the winning frame.

Also contributing for St. Joe's were Amanda Ruel '09 (Biddeford, ME) with eight digs, Kaila Schulte '12 (Rochester, NH) with seven digs and Kiersten Carbone '12 (North Reading, MA) with 10 digs.

Shannon Mitchell (Portsmouth, NH) totaled 12 kills and 13 digs to lead Farmington, while Jenna Rowan (Kittery, ME) collected 23 digs. Danielle O'Brien (Calais, ME) and Emily Beebe (Bristol, RI) each added 10 kills with Lindsay Hansen (Gorham, ME) pacing the Beavers with 22 assists.

Saint Joseph's will host a non-conference tri-match this Saturday, with the opening match pitting Maine-Fort Kent against the host Lady Monks at 10:30 AM. St. Joe's will face off against Maine-Maritime at 2:30 PM.