Sept. 7, 2010

Box Score

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - Kourtney Clark added a career-high 48 assists for the Explorers as they defeated St. Francis, 3-1 (25-20, 26-28, 25-18, 25-16).

Clark, who entered tonight's game ranked tenth in the A-10 Conference in assists per game with 7.37, now has 1,146 career assists and sits tenth all-time in La Salle history in career assists. She eclipsed Connie Blades, who amassed 1,107 assists while playing in the Blue and Gold in 1991.

In La Salle's victory, Kelly Scanlon added 15 kills and ten digs, notching her first double double of the year. Lauren Noga also contributed double-digit kills with 14. Defensively, Breanna Mazalewski added 12 digs.

Scanlon helped propel the Explorers to a 25-20 win in the first frame with two sets of back-to-back kills late in the set.

The second set was tightly contested. A 7-0 St. Francis run put the Terriers up 14-11. An Emily Merrick service ace tied the game at 16-16 all. There would be five more ties in the set before a pair of kills by the Terriers' Marina Georgieva and Gina Giles gave St. Francis the 28-26 set victory.

The Explorers came back to win the third set, 25-18. In the fourth frame La Salle jumped out to an early 9-3. The Terriers rallied to within two, but a 6-0 run by the Explorers, which included two services aces by Noga, helped ensure La Salle would take the match.

La Salle will travel to Memphis, TN this weekend to take part in the Memphis Invitational against Air Force, Memphis and Tennessee State.