Women's Volleyball Advances to ECC Championship Game After Semifinal Sweep Over Wildcats

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. — D'Youville (16-13, 8-4 ECC) swept Daemen (16-11, 8-4 ECC) 3-0 on Friday, taking the sets 25-18, 25-14 and 33-31. D'Youville finished with 40 kills and held Daemen to 27 while posting a .158 hitting percentage to Daemen's .035. D'Youville also had a 10-2 advantage in service aces and totaled nine blocks in the win.

D'Youville created early separation in the second set by winning seven of eight rallies, a stretch that carried D'Youville to a 9-1 advantage. That run included four straight service points after D'Youville was ahead 5-1, giving the set a clear scoring stretch in D'Youville's favor. Daemen later pushed the third set past 25 points, but D'Youville had already answered an early 6-4 deficit in the set by moving in front 9-7, then converted set point at 33-31.

D'Youville finished with a 40-27 advantage in kills and hit .158 while holding Daemen to .035. The service game also helped shape the match, with D'Youville recording 10 aces to Daemen's two. Cameron Ulinski (Bretten, Germany / Marjory Stoneman Douglas) finished with 14 kills, three aces, 13 digs and 18.0 points, while Ashley Ballou (Eden, N.Y. / Eden) directed the offense with 32 assists and added three aces.

In the first set, D'Youville created separation midway through, moving from an 8-6 lead to 14-8 with contributions that included a Maddie Boglev (Hamburg, N.Y. / St. Mary's) kill, a Gabrielle Dials (Columbus, OH / Gahanna Lincoln)-Maddie Boglev block and Ballou's service ace. Cameron Ulinski later stopped a Daemen push with a kill for set point, and Ballou finished the set with a kill as D'Youville took it 25-18.

A 9-1 start put D'Youville in control of the second set, with Madeline O'Brien (East Amherst, N.Y. / Clarence) and Gabrielle Dials recording early kills and Cameron Ulinski, Maddie Boglev and Dials contributing blocks during the start. Angelyn Jaramillo (Houston, TX / Langham Creek) later added consecutive service aces for a 12-3 advantage, and D'Youville continued to answer Daemen points with kills from O'Brien, Giselle Ramirez (Miami, FL / School for Advanced Studies), Boglev and Ulinski. The set finished 25-14 for D'Youville on a Daemen attack error.

D'Youville outlasted Daemen in an extended third set, finishing it at 33-31 on a Ballou service ace. D'Youville had trailed 24-21 before Cameron Ulinski and Madeline O'Brien kills helped pull the set even at 24-24, and it later answered repeated Daemen leads in extra points. The set closed with D'Youville scoring the final three points from 31-30 down to take the set.

Cameron Ulinski led D'Youville with 18.0 points, 14 kills and 13 digs. Ballou recorded 32 assists, three aces and five digs. Angelyn Jaramillo collected 15 digs and added three aces. Maddie Boglev finished with six kills and a team-high five blocks.

Up Next

With the sweep of the Wildcats in Semifinals, D'Youville moves on to the East Coast Conference championship game today against #1 Mercy University at 5:00 PM.