Box Score OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Sep. 18, 2014) - On Thursday evening, the Molloy College women's volleyball team lost 3-0 to the New York Institute of Technology, but the scores by set were a lot closer than a shutout would show. After losing the first set, 25-15, the Lions scored 23 points in the second set to the Bears' 25, and 25 in the third set to NYIT's 27. With the win, the Bears improved to 6-4 overall and 2-0 in the league, while the Lions slipped to 3-5 on the year (1-1 in the ECC).
In the middle set, Molloy had a couple of spurts where the Lions grabbed the lead. Down 11-9, the Lions reeled off five straight points to take the lead. Molloy was ahead as late as the score being 21-19. However, the Bears scored six of the set's final eight points to sneak the 25-23 victory.
Behind 7-2 in the third set, Molloy rattled off nine of the next 10 points to take an 11-8 advantage. For the rest of the match, no squad led by more than three points at a time. Behind 24-22, Molloy scored the next three points off an NYIT service error, and kills by junior
Danielle Williams (Alba, Texas) and senior
Sam Berna (Massapequa, N.Y.). Molloy led, 25-24. However, an attacking error, a service ace and a kill doomed Molloy as that was the pattern of how NYIT won set number three, 27-25.
For Molloy, D. Williams and Berna each had six kills, while sophomore
Ally De Kruyf (Norwalk, Calif.) dished out 19 assists.
Head Coach
Billy Corrao and the Lions next hit the hardwood on Saturday, Sept. 20Â when they host a tri-match featuring Assumption College and Philadelphia University. The match schedule is below:
11 a.m. --
Molloy vs. Assumption
1 p.m. -- Assumption vs. Philadelphia
3 p.m. --
Molloy vs. Philadelphia
