Farmingdale, N.Y. – Following a sweep of Purchase on Saturday afternoon, the Mount Saint Mary College Women's Volleyball team returned to action on Sunday at Old Westbury and dropped a 20-25, 21-25, 25-19, 12-25 decision to the Panthers.
Fran Cammarata (Carmel, N.Y.) rounded out the match with a double-double for the Knights.
Sunday's loss drops Mount Saint Mary to 10-13 overall on the season and 5-4 in Skyline Conference play, while Old Westbury improves to 6-8 overall and 4-4 in league competition.
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Mary recorded 14 kills and hit .333 in the opening set.
- The Panthers raced out to leads of 8-1 and 12-3 in the opening frame.
- The Knights whittled the deficit down to 19-14 on three straight kills from Erin Lema (Centereach, N.Y.), Krista Gross (East Northport, N.Y.) and Cammarata.
- Another 3-0 run featuring kills from Cammarata and Ava DiScala (Seaford, N.Y.) brought the Knights to within 24-20.
- Clarissa Oliverio put the set away for the Panthers with a kill to give Old Westbury a 1-0 lead.
- The Knights cooled to .097 hitting in the second frame.
- The Panthers got off to a quick start again, grabbing an 8-3 lead on an Olivero winner.
- The Knights rallied to even the score at 12-12 on a DiScala service ace.
- The Panthers answered with a 6-2 stretch to surge back in front 18-14.
- The Knights used a three-point run, highlighted by a Lema winner, to pull to within 20-19 late in the set.
- Old Westbury answered back with a 5-2 closing run with an Olivia Baumann kill giving the Panthers a 2-0 lead.
- Mount Saint Mary pulled back to within a set in the third, registering nine kills and taking advantage of eight Old Westbury attack errors.
- The Knights put together a 6-0 run early in the set to open an 11-4 lead.
- Old Westbury stormed back with the next seven points to even the score at 11-11 on a Baumann kill.
- The Knights answered with 10 of the next 12 points, including two kills and an ace from Lema, to take a 21-13 lead.
- Old Westbury closed to within 23-19 before the Mount closed out the frame on a pair of Old Westbury miscues.
- After getting back to within a set, the Knights were held to just six kills in the fourth frame.
- Old Westbury broke open the set with a 10-0 run that broke a 4-4 tie.
- The Knights would be unable to get closer than eight points the rest of the way with the Panthers getting kills from Melinda Harris and Stephanie Maser to finish off the match.
For The Knights
- Grace Riddle (Wantagh, N.Y.) led the offensive attack with 12 kills, adding six digs and two aces.
- Lema put away six kills and finished with nine digs and a team-high three aces.
- DiScala totaled six kills and hit .545 for the Knights to go along with two aces and a block.
- Cammarata finished off a strong match with 20 assists, 13 digs and five kills.
For The Panthers
- Maser led all players in the match with 15 kills and added eight digs and three aces.
- Baumann finished up with 12 kills and 13 digs.
- Olivero totaled 12 kills, hitting .440, to go along with two aces and three blocks.
- Rachelle Marrero closed a double-double with 38 assists and 13 digs.
- Cameron McGinn led all players with 22 digs.
Match Statistics
- Old Westbury finished the match with a 50-37 advantage in kills.
- The Panthers held a slim 9-7 edge in service aces.
- Total team blocks also went to Old Westbury by a 4-3 margin.
What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary travels to Maritime on Tuesday.
- Old Westbury hosts the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Tuesday.
