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Liberty Invitational
Delaware vs. Campbell (L 0-3)
Delaware vs. North Carolina State (L 1-3)
Delaware vs. Liberty (L 2-3)
Sept. 18-19, 1998
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The University of Delaware volleyball team fell in the openingmatch of the Liberty Invitational to Campbell University 15-9, 15-9, 15-12. The Blue Hens, who dropped to 3-7 on the season, were led by Kristen Merrill with seven kills and six digs. Carlyn Cangiano had a team high eight digs. Jennifer Wanner also had seven kills for the match and had a team high hitting percentage of .188. Sadie Bjornstad and Nicole O'Malia shared the setting duties. Bjornstad had 14 assists over the course of two games while O'Malia had ten assists in the other game. Campbell University (9-2) was led by Tinsely Gordon, who had ten kills and three digs. Abby Jenkins and Leah Kettering had a team-high six digs. The Blue Hens return to action tomorrow (Saturday) morning when they face North Carolina State at 9 a.m.

Campbell def. Delaware 15-9, 15-9, 15-12
Campbell (9-2) (Kills-digs-blocks) - Sandburg, Briana (0-3-1); Oppenheimer (9-2-0); Sandburg, Brook (4-5-0); Jenkins (3-6-1); Peterson (2-3-0); Gordon (10-0-3); Ketterling (0-6-1); Gildersleeve (1-1-0); Fisher (0-2-0); Totals (29-31-6)

Delaware (3-7) - Carroll (2-0-1); Cangiano (5-8-0); Bjornstad (1-2-0); Merrill (7-6-1); Wanner (7-4-2); Manning (3-2-2); Lapinski (0-0-0); Hickman (1-1-0);Dusza (0-0-0); O'Malia (0-3-0); Neeman (1-1-0); Ness (0-3-0); Totals (27-26-3)

The University of Delaware volleyball team fell twice Saturday at the Liberty Invitational. The Hens, who fell to 3-9 for the season, opened Saturday's play with a 3-1 loss to North Carolina State. North Carolina State won the first sets 15-7 and 16-14. Delaware rallied to win the third set 15-7 but lost the fourth 15-6. Kristen Merrill led the Blue Hens with a double-double in kills and digs. She had 10 kills and 12 digs for the match. JenniferWanner led the Hens with 12 kills. The Wolfpack (9-2) were led by Laura Kimbrell who had 28 kills and 15 digs. The Blue Hens played Liberty in the afternoon match and lost a difficult five set match which took 2 hours and 20 minutes to play. The Hens opened with 18-16 first set victory. Liberty (5-5) took the second set 15-7. Delaware won the third set again a tie-breaker 18-16. Liberty rallied to win the fourth set 15-8 and won the fifth set 18-16. Merrill and Wanner both had double-double for the Blue Hens. Merrill had 14 kills and 22 team-high digs. Wanner, who was named to the all-tournament team, led the Hens with 20 kills. Breigh Hickman and Carlyn Cangiano also had double digit kills for the Hens. Sadie Bjornstad had 65 assists for Delaware. Liberty was led by Kyrie Dorn who had 23 kills, 11 digs, and 11 blocks. Delaware returns to action on Wednesday when they open up the home season against Villanova at Carpenter Sports Building at 7 p.m.

North Carolina State def. Delaware 15-7, 16-14, 7-15, 15-6
North Carolina State (9-2) (kills-digs-blocks) - Price (1-5-0); Kreager (12-11-8); Kimbrell (28-15-3); Williams (7-8-1); Stemler (0-3-3); Bridenback (1-10-0); Robinson (3-3-7); Rosser (0-0-0); Vesey (2-9-2); Stambaugh (13-0-6); Totals (67-64-15) Delaware (3-8) - Carroll (4-1-2); Cangiano (3-5-1); Bjornstad (1-5-1); Merrill (10-15-6); Wanner (12-6-8); Manning (0-8-0); Lapinski (7-9-1); Hickman (3-1-1);Neeman (3-0-1); Ness (0-3-0); Totals (43-53-11)

Liberty def Delaware 16-18, 15-7, 16-18, 15-8, 18-16
Liberty (5-5) - Akpama (16-13-6); Dorn (23-11-11); Vandeventer (2-9-0); Wilson (3-1-0); Sherwood (4-9-2); Cherry (0-11-1); Graham (0-0-0); Howland (2-12-1); Brookshire (1-0-0); Elmquist (13-17-3); Totals (74-96-19)

Delaware (3-9) - Carroll (4-1-1); Bjornstad (3-13-2); Lapinski (6-7-0); Merrill (14-22-4); Hickman (10-3-4); Wanner (20-13-7); Cangiano (16-9-1); Manning (0-12-0); Neeman (7-0-2); Ness (0-17-0); Arbuckle (0-0-0); Totals (80-97-11)