ALBANY, N.Y. - In a meeting of two undefeated teams in the Skyline Conference, Mount Saint Mary College defeated the Sage Colleges, 3-1, on Wednesday night in the Kahl Center. The Knights improve to 11-7 overall (3-0 Skyline), while the Gators fall to 14-5 overall (4-1 Skyline).
Sage won the first set 25-23, but the Knight took the next three sets, 25-22, 26-24, 25-22 to collect the win and remain undefeated in the league.
For Sage, junior setter Joanie Cooney (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) connected on 38 setting assists with 17 digs. She became just the third player in Sage's 41-year history of volleyball to surpass the 2,000 career setting assists plateau. She now has 2,007 career setting assists and is No. 3 all-time at Sage.
Mount Saint Mary senior outside hitter
Mary Ann Raftery (Atlantic Beach, N.Y.) racked up 17 kills and 15 digs for a double-double. She was joined by senior setter
Lauren Halverson (Patchogue, N.Y.), who led the Knights and the match with her 43 setting assists. Sophomore
Natalie Candarelli (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) had 14 kills, while freshman libero
Jen Gries (Hicksville, N.Y.) had 22 digs, while making just one reception error in her 32 attempts for a .969 reception percentage.
For the Gators, sophomore Helen Putriment (Troy, N.Y.) had a double-double with her 19 kills and 34 digs. She was also perfect with no reception errors in her 34 attempts. Sophomore Jillian Schwab (Fayetteville, N.Y.) connected for 10 kills for Sage. Sage's libero, sophomore Katelyn Drollette (Cadyville, N.Y.) recorded 22 digs in the match.
The Mount hosts a Skyline Conference tri-match on Saturday featuring Purchase College and St. Joseph's.