DePaul University

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The DePaul volleyball team lost a 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-14) decision to BIG EAST Conference foe Syracuse on Friday evening at the Manley Field House.  The Blue Demons fall to 6-20 (0-11 BIG EAST), while the Orange improve to 19-9 (8-4 BIG EAST) on the season.

Syracuse put together an impressive offensive performance which was led by six student-athletes combining for 42 kills and an impressive .270 attack percentage.  Sarah Morton led the Orange with 11 kills, while DePaul's Chandler Carney paced the floor with 12 put aways.

In the first frame, the Blue Demon's score mirrored Syracuse's for over half the game, until the Orange strung together a 6-1 run to take a 20-15 advantage and prompt and DePaul timeout.  Coming out of the break, back-to-back Syracuse kills would extend the lead before Sarah Cullen was able to send home a kill.  However, the .343 Orange clip was too great and the home team went on to take the first game 25-16.

DePaul battled ferociously in the second stanza, and went point-for-point with Syracuse the entire frame.  Two straight kills from the powerful swing of Carney would give the Blue Demons the 16-15 lead and forced the Orange to pause the momentum shift with a timeout.  A Syracuse attack error would extend the DePaul lead, before untimely attack errors would knot the score back up once more.  The score continued to swing back and forth until the very end, when, tied at 23-all, Sara Hinz terminated the final two points with kills.

Syracuse controlled the tempo of the third set, hitting a .258 hitting percentage while the Blue Demons registered just eight kills.  Cullen hit a respectable .375 (3-0-8) clip, but team attack errors continued to hinder the overall offensive rhythm.  The Orange won the final game 25-14.

Christy Landschoot accounted for 32 of DePaul's 33 assists, while Chelsea Thurlby paced the team with 11 digs.  Cullen eclipsed double-digit kill totals as she tallied 10 put downs.  At the net, Cullen, Molly Creek, Kate Letcher, and Lauren Blasi each assisted on a block.

The Blue Demons resume their BIG EAST weekend at Marquette on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. (CST)

Notes
With 2,366 career assists, junior Christy Landschoot inches closer to Sheila Carroll's 2,816 fourth place total on the all-time assists list.... senior outside hitter  Sarah Cullen has nine double-doubles (kills-digs) this season and 37 in her career... Chandler Carney followed up her career-high 13 kills against Rutgers last Saturday with 25 against Seton Hall... Cullen leads the team with 288 kills and  and  287 digs... Landschoot dished out 50 assists against Seton Hall to set a new season-high... other Blue Demons to record a double-doubles include Landschoot (assists-digs) and Sammy Geiger (kills-assists)... Kate Letcher has surpassed the 10-kill total eight times this season... Cullen has reached double figures in digs during 16 matches this season to lead the squad, while Chelsea Thurlby has reached the plateau 14 times... while Lauren Blasi tops the overall blocks total with 44, Carney has recorded an impressive eight solo blocks... DePaul leads the all-time series against Marquette 28-18... Syracuse holds a 6-1 all-time series advantage.