University of Louisville
SETON HALL
Volleyball Beats Seton Hall 3-1
October 12, 2008 | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 12, 2008
Tatyana Kolesnikova had 20 kills and two blocks to lead the University of Louisville to a 3-1 win over Seton Hall in BIG EAST volleyball action Sunday afternoon at Cardinal Arena.
The Cardinals improve their conference mark to 4-2 and pushed to 8-9 overall with the 25-10, 23-25, 25-13, 25-12 win. Seton Hall falls to 2-3 in league play and 10-10 overall. U of L hit .352 to SHU's .000 and outblocked the Pirates 18-4. Jana Matiasovska joined Kolesnikova in double digit kills with 15 and four blocks. Justine Landi had 12 kills, two aces and five blocks. Junior Lecia Brown had 10 block assists and four kills. SHU was led by Sarah Osmun, who tallied 17 kills and nine digs.
"If we didn't have second set I would say it was a great, great day, but the loss in the second shows that we still have a ways to go in learning how to stay focused and play every single play to the end," said U of L head coach Leonid Yelin. "But everyday we get better than the day before and hopefully we are peaking at the right time."
In the first game U of L was powered to a 25-10 win behind the hot hitting hand of Tatyana Kolesnikova, who had seven kills and helped the Cardinals to a .625 hitting percentage. U of L had 6 blocks. The 14-1 run early in the set sealed the Pirates' doom.
In the second set, the score see-sawed back and forth with 13 ties and six lead changes. Tied at 20, SHU scored on a pair of kills and an error by Matiasovska to get to set point at 21-24. The Cardinals scored on a kill by Matiasovska and an ace by Justine Landi to stave off set point. But a kill by Sarah Osmun put the Cards away 25-23. SHU hit .282 in that set and were led by Osmun's seven kills.
In the third set, the Pirates' hitting deserted them as the Cardinals roared back for the 25-13 win. Seton Hall nit -.125 to U of L's .357. The Cardinals built an eight point lead at 16-8 and never looked back. Landi had four kills to lead the Cards.
In the fourth set, U of L powered out to a 15-6 lead and forced a Seton Hall timeout but the Cardinals continued to build their lead. U of L cruised easily to the 25-12 win.
