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Clarkson Remains Unbeaten After First Liberty League Weekend
Poughkeepsie, NY - Senior Sara Artus (St.
Regis Falls, NY) had 26 kills over the course of two matches on
Saturday afternoon for the Clarkson University
Volleyball team, becoming the Golden
Knights' all-time kills leader in the process, as the
Green and Gold remained unbeaten in conference matches and in 2011
with victories over RIT and host Vassar College.
The Golden Knights moved to 17-0 overall and 4-0 in the Liberty
League, defeating RIT in three
sets 25-16, 25-22, 25-20, and taking out the Brewers in
four 26-24, 25-16, 26-28, 25-22. Clarkson returns to non-league
action when they face top-20 ranked Cortland State on Tuesday.
"I'm just so proud of the team today," head coach Johan
Dulfer remarked. "We had a really rough week leading up to
this weekend, and something was just 'off' for so much of these two
days. For us to fight through that and gut out three conference
wins shows how much (the players) believe in each other. It
wasn't always pretty, and it sure wasn't easy, but we played two
very tough teams today and are coming home with two wins, and that
feels great."
In the opener against RIT, sophomore setter Lani
Durio (Austin, TX) had a solid all-around match with five
kills and only one error in 11 attacks while setting up 27 kills.
She also contributed three aces, as well as eight digs on the
defensive side. Artus led the team with 11 kills, while
Bailey Walker (Centennial, CO) had seven kills and
two errors in 16 swings. Defensively, Erika Chin
(Katy, TX) led the squad with 12 digs, while freshman
Kristen Orlandini (Fairport, NY) added 10
digs.
In the four-set victory over Vassar, Artus struck for 15 kills
with just four errors for a hitting percentage of .344, while
freshman Becca Brabec (Lemont, IL) added in 14
kills. Durio produced 41 assists, while Chin contributed 23 digs
with four aces. Senior Megan Mahon (Irvine, CA)
also had four aces.
Artus's 14th kill of the Vassar match enabled her to surpass
Heather Sill '04 for Clarkson's all-time kills mark. Artus now has
1,411 career kills.
