BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman outside hitter Danielle Rose (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) collected a match-high 16 kills to lead the Emmanuel College women's volleyball team past Norwich University, 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-19), Saturday afternoon at the Jean Yawkey Center. With the victory, the Saints improve to 11-15 overall and 5-3 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference while the loss drops the Cadets to 8-12 and 3-6 in the GNAC.

Norwich came out strong in the opening set, jumping ahead to a 6-1 lead before the Saints were able to respond and even the score at 7-7 following a kill by sophomore right side hitter Sarah Colby (West Barnstable, Mass.). EC would push ahead to a 14-11 lead after a kill by freshman middle hitter Brittany Tutalo (Johnston, R.I.) but the Cadets were able to keep the score close with strong defensive play. A kill by freshman outside hitter Tara Lyons pulled NU to within a point at 18-17 but the visitors were never able to get the equalizer as the Saints were able to hold on for the 25-22 win.

Emmanuel carried the momentum into the second set and came out firing. Before the Cadets knew what hit them the Saints were on top, 12-1, forcing Norwich to expend its second timeout of the set. Rose led the way for EC in the frame with six kills and a .400 hitting percentage en route to a 25-17 win.

The hosts never trailed in the final set, racing out to an early 7-3 lead and protecting it all the way to the 25-19 win.

For the Saints, Tutalo finished the match with eight kills while freshman setter Shannon Dudley (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) dished out a match-high 20 assists in the win. Defensively for EC, senior libero Yun-Ting Lee (Keelung, Taiwan) paced the effort with 21 digs while Dudley chipped in with 13.

For the Cadets, senior setter Gabrielle Miller (Grove City, Ohio) was one kill shy of a triple-double, notching 16 assists, 10 digs and nine kills. Lyons finished the match with eight kills and nine digs while sophomore libero Alex Palmer (South Windsor, Conn.) collected a team-best 12 digs for NU.

The Cadets return to action later today when they play Anna Maria at Emmanuel at 2:00 PM while the Saints will finish the GNAC tri-match at 4:00 PM against the AMCats.