Newburgh, N.Y. The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Volleyball team picked up its first home win of the season and ran its winning streak to three matches on Thursday with a 25-11, 25-18, 25-19 non-conference win over SUNY Delhi. Junior
Kim Gries (Hicksville, N.Y.) finished the night with her fourth double-double of the season, matching the team-high in the category.
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Mount Saint Mary did not trail in the match until the early stages of the third set and finished the night hitting .238 as a team. The Knights held the visitors to a -.021 attack percentage, including a -.320 mark in the opening set.
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Eleven different players finished the win with a kill for the Knights, led by seven to go along with a .583 attack percentage from Nicole Spienlli (Wantagh, N.Y.). Spinelli finished off a strong night with an ace, two digs and four total blocks.
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Senior
Megan Williams (Glenmont, N.Y.) finished the match with six winners for the Knights, hitting .400, to go along with a pair of blocks and five digs, while
Danielle Kralik (Bedford Hills, N.Y.) totaled six kills and a pair of aces. Sophomore
Madelyn Barberan (Fishkill, N.Y.) put away five kills for the Knights to go along with an ace and a block.
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Gries finished off her fourth double-double of the season with a match-high 27 assists and 10 digs, with
Julimar Figueroa (Dorado, Puerto Rico) leading the team in digs with 11 and service aces with three.
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Delhi was led by seven winners from Kristen Maslanka with Kyoko Shimizu leading all players with 18 digs in the match.
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Overall, Mount Saint Mary held the edge in kills 34-20, service aces 9-3 and total team blocks 5-1.
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Thursday's win pushes Mount Saint Mary to 9-16 overall on the season. The Knights will be off until October 19 when they welcome FDU-Florham to the Kaplan Center. Match time with the Devils is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.