Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Volleyball team will return to conference play on Saturday when it travels to league rival Sage for a pair of Skyline Conference matches. The Knights will tangle with the host Gators at 11:00 a.m. before taking on Old Westbury at 1:00 p.m.
At A Glance: Mount Saint Mary returns to play after splitting four conference matches last weekend. The Knights posted 25 service aces in a three set win over Purchase, before falling to Farmingdale State in straight sets on Saturday and took down Maritime in four sets and got swept by St. Joseph's-L.I. on Sunday.
Against Maritime, senior
Rachel Sabatini (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) set the all-time kills record at Mount Saint Mary and finished the match with 11 winners.
Nicole Spinelli (Wantagh, N.Y.) reached double-figures in kills with 10 and
Kristen Maddock (Medford, N.Y.) recorded a double-double with 20 assists and 13 digs.
Sabatini is one of four players with at least 100 kills on the season, leading the team in the category with 197. She finished Sunday's action with 14 total kills and holds the new career mark with 944 winners. Maddock holds the team lead with 465 assists and 44 service aces, while freshman
Madelyn Barberan (Fishkill, N.Y.) has lifted a team best 302 digs. Classmate
Morgan Burke (Ringwood, N.J.) holds the team lead in total blocks with 63.
Scouting Sage: The Gators head into Saturday's action with a 13-14 overall record and a 5-1 mark in conference play and are one of four teams in the league standings with just a single blemish on their record. Sage is coming off a four set win over Bard on Tuesday in which Michayla Berard put away 18 kills and hit an impressive .545. Rachel Liebig handed out 36 assists and Sara Campolieta led the team with 15 digs to go along with 12 kills.
Through 27 matches, Campolieta leads the Gators in kills with 239, while Liebig is averaging better than seven assists per set and has totaled 726 helpers thus far. Katy Rimawi paces Sage with 36 service aces, while Missy Schneiderman leads the team with 346 digs. Alyssa Nellis holds the team lead in blocking with 44 total blocks on the season.
Previewing The Panthers: Old Westbury will enter Saturday's action at 3-15 overall and 1-3 in Skyline Conference play. The Panthers picked up a straight set win against York in their last outing in which Marie McKenzie produced five kills and five blocks. Diana Amaya totaled five aces in the win, with Sofia Goris handing out a team-high 11 assists.
Through 18 matches, Ruth Vargas leads the Panthers with 66 kills and McKenzie paces the team with 37 total blocks. Goris holds team-high totals for Old Westbury in assists (136), digs (85) and service aces (27).
What's Next: Following two matches on Saturday, the Knights will travel to Mount Saint Vincent on Monday and will close the regular season with two matches at USMMA on October 30.
