Brooklyn, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Volleyball team picked up its second straight win Thursday night with a hard fought 27-25, 25-18, 25-23 road Skyline Conference victory at St. Joseph's-Brooklyn.
Grace Riddle (Wantagh, N.Y.) put away 17 kills, while
Mary Milano (East Patchogue, N.Y.) led the team with 13 digs.
Thursday's win pulls the Knights to within a match of the .500 mark at 9-10 overall and improves their league mark to 4-3. The Bears drop to 4-10 overall and 3-4 in Skyline Conference action.
How It Happened
- The Knights moved in front 13-11 in the opening set before using back-to-back kills from Riddle and Sabrina Romano (Glen Cove, N.Y.) to push its advantage to 15-12.
- The Bears used a five-point run late in the set to surge in front 20-17.
- The Knights responded with three straight points, highlighted by two aces from Milano, to knot the score at 20-20.
- The Bears answered again with a four-point spurt to move to within a point of taking the first set.
- The Knights hit right back with a 4-0 run of their own, keyed by a pair of aces from Erin Lema (Centereach, N.Y.) to knot the score again at 24-24.
- St. Joseph's took advantage of a Mount miscue to take a 25-24 lead.
- The Knights shut the door with the final three points, getting two kills from Riddle and a winner from Fran Cammarata (Carmel, N.Y.) to clinch the first set victory.
- Mount Saint Mary limited St. Joseph's to just six kills in the second set in opening a 2-0 lead.
- The Knights expanded an 11-10 lead with a 5-0 run that featured a pair of Riddle winners.
- After the Bears got to within 17-14, the Knights ripped off four straight points, including a Lema winner, to push its lead to 21-14.
- Following a three-point spurt from the Bears, the Knights closed the middle stanza with four of the final five points, getting two aces from Angelyse Orellana (Newark, N.Y.), to take the two set advantage.
- The Knights scored seven of the first eight points in the final frame to open a 7-1 lead in the early going.
- The Knights spread their lead to 11-2 following a 4-0 run.
- The Bears battled back with seven straight points to move to within 11-9 following a Kaitlyn Intindola kill.
- Another Intindola winner knotted the score at 12-12 and a quick 3-0 run aided by three Mount miscues pushed the Bears in front 15-13.
- The Bears maintained the lead until a 4-0 run keyed by two Romano kills pushed the Knights in front 23-21.
- Back-to-back St. Joseph's winners knotted the score at 23-23.
- Mount Saint Mary closed out the sweep with the final two points, including a match clinching kill from Lema.
For The Knights
- Riddle led all players in the match with 17 kills and hit an efficient .359. Riddle finished off the night with two aces, two blocks and six digs.
- Romano put away four kills and led the Mount with four blocks.
- Lema and Brooke Lavelle (Staten Island, N.Y.) each finished with three kills with Lema adding two aces.
- Milano led the Knights with 13 digs and three aces to go along with two blocks.
- Krista Gross (East Northport, N.Y.) lifted 12 digs.
- Jenna Cullinan (Levittown, N.Y.) contributed 10 digs and two aces to the winning effort.
- Cammarata closed out a double-double with 26 assists and 10 digs.
For The Bears
- Intindola led the team with nine kills and totaled eight digs.
- Carol Melo led all players in the match with 17 digs.
- Martina Urgo finished the night with 10 digs and five kills.
- Rachel Meltsin handed out 20 assists and recorded a pair of aces.
Match Statistics
- St. Joseph's-Brooklyn finished the night with a 29-28 advantage in kills, but made nine more attack errors than the Knights.
- The Knights doubled up the Bears in service aces, 12-6.
- Total team blocks on the night went to the Mount 6-2.
What's Next
- The Knights step out of conference when they head to Misericordia to take on the host Cougars and Lebanon Valley on Saturday.
- St. Joseph's-Brooklyn travels to Manhattanville on Monday.
