BALTIMORE, MD. (October 26, 2018)  – Juniors Taleen Mitchell and Sara Hain combined for 24 kills as the Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball team fell to Johns Hopkins University in four sets (26-28, 19-25, 25-16, 23-25) Friday night at the Goldfarb Gymnasium. 

Sophomore Julie Greco dished out 16 assists and eight digs for the Ducks, who fell to 22-8 this season. Tonight's match was the first meeting between the two teams since 2008, where Stevens defeated the Blue Jays 3-2. 

Johns Hopkins was led by Louisa Kishton with a double-double including 13 kills and 18 digs and Simone Bliss who added 17 kills. The Blue Jays improved to 19-6 on the season. 

Volleys and Points

• Lauren Anthony opened the match with a kill for the Blue Jays.
• Two attack errors by Johns Hopkins and a kill from Mitchell put the Ducks on the board. 
• Tied 7-7, Stevens scored five consecutive points to take a 12-7 lead. 
• The Blue Jays began to chip away at their deficit after a kill by Bliss and two aces from Michelle Abt, making the score 16-13. 
• Johns Hopkins came within one after another 3-0 run led by kills from Bliss and Kishton.
• Mitchell answered by delivering two kills and an ace to keep the Ducks in the lead, 20-16. 
• With Stevens up 21-17, the Blue Jays scored five unanswered points to take a one point lead.
• After trading points, Eleni Panagopoulos issued two kills to close the first set.  
• The Ducks came out strong in the second set with a 5-1 lead, including a kill from junior Shelby Stewart and an ace by freshman Elizabeth Chu. 
• Johns Hopkins went on a 6-0 run that included two kills and two aces before committing an error, taking a 9-8 lead.
• The Blue Jays scored three consecutive points, before back-to-back kills from freshman Corinne Dougherty broke the streak. 
• The teams alternated points but Johns Hopkins was ultimately able to walk away with the second set. 
• Stevens began the third set with another 5-1 lead, with kills from Dougherty and Hain and an ace by Stewart.
• The Blue Jays came within two points after kills from Bliss and Morgan Wu.
• Stevens went on a 7-0 run that included kills by Mitchell and Dougherty and an ace by sophomore Jillian Roumbanis to give the Ducks a 20-11 lead. 
• Despite three kills from Bliss, Stevens was able to win the third set after Stewart set down a pass from Greco. 
• The Ducks started the fourth set with a 3-0 lead. 
• Johns Hopkins scored their first point of the set after a kill by Anthony. 
• The Blue Jays tied the score at 5 after back-to-back kills from Bliss and Kishton.
• Stevens took a 8-5 lead after kills by Hain and Mitchell and an attack error by the Blue Jays. 
• Two kills by Kishton brought Johns Hopkins within one point. 
• Three errors committed by the Blue Jays helped the Ducks in their attempt to distance themselves. 
• WIth the Ducks up 20-17, Johns Hopkins scored three points to tie the set. 
• After a kill by Stewart and an attack error by Johns Hopkins, the Ducks took back a two point lead. 
• Two kills from Ashley and an ace by Kishton put the Blue Jays up 23-22. 
• Despite a bad set by the Blue Jays, Johns Hopkins scored the final two points to win the final set. 

Match Point

• Wu delivered an ace to complete the match. 

Inside the Numbers

• The Ducks had a game-high .462 hitting percentage in the third set. 
• Stevens held the edge in blocks, 11-4.
• Simon Bliss led all players with 17 kills.
• Hain tied her career-high of six blocks.
• Nicole Hada had a game-high 49 assists for the Blue Jays. 

From the Sidelines

• "Our goal tonight was to leave the gym feeling good about how we played despite the result and we were successful in that. Hopkins is a really fast and powerful team, which we haven't seen in a while. I'm proud of the way that we didn't give up after going down 0-2. We fought hard and we reached our goal of being confident in our play." - head coach Annie McShea

Up Next

• The Ducks head to Stevenson University for a non-conference match tomorrow, Saturday Oct. 27, at 11 A.M.

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