Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The volleyball team concluded its opening weekend tournament with losses to Gannon, 3-0, and American International College, 3-0, to fall to 0-4 on the campaign.
 
Game One: Gannon 3, Molloy 0
Gannon 25, Molloy 19
Gannon 25, Molloy 11
Gannon 25, Molloy 11
How it Happened

• The maroon and white started out strong, taking a 5-2 lead following kills from freshman Rebecca Meier and sophomores Chye Davis and Colleen Moulder.
• The Golden Knights would eventually knot the score, 8-8.
• Blocks from Moulder and freshman Alex Brown paired with a kill from junior Kathleen Doherty put the Lions in front, 13-11.
• Down 16-14, Gannon rallied for six unanswered points to take a 20-16 lead that Molloy was unable to overcome.
• The second set belonged to the visitors, speeding out to a 22-8 lead before taking the two-set lead over the Lions.
• Doherty and graduate student Emily Meyer tallied kills to help the home team to a 7-5 lead early in the third set.
• The next 14 points went the way of Gannon to help the Golden Knights to the three-set sweep.

Top Performances

• Molloy was paced by seven kills from Doherty with Meier and Brown each adding two.
• Graduate student Kassie Akouri Tejedor led in both assists (14) and digs (12) for her second double-double.
• Doherty and Meyer both added seven digs.
• Moulder put up a career-high four blocks, including two block solos, in the effort.

 
Game Two: American International 3, Molloy 0
AIC 25, Molloy 13
AIC 28, Molloy 26
AIC 25, Molloy 10
How it Happened

• Molloy took an early 6-5 lead in the first set before the Yellow Jackets fired off 11 of the next 12 points, including four service aces, to take a 16-7 lead.
• Doherty and Davis recorded back-to-back kills to bring the score within 24-13 before the visitors took the opening set on the next play.
• Despite trailing early in the set by as much as 12-4, the Lions would come within five, 13-8, on a run that featured two kills from Akouri Tejedor.
• With the score 24-16, the home team continued fighting and scored the next eight points to knot the score, 24-24, including two aces from senior Alexa Morgan.
• The Lions led, 26-25, but attack errors doomed the team and helped AIC to the next three points to take a two-set lead.
• The Yellow Jackets scored six of the first eight points of the third set before rallying a streak of 10-straight to go in front, 17-4, which Molloy was unable to overcome.

Top Performances

• The Lions' offense was led by six kills from Meier while Doherty and Davis each added five.
• Akouri Tejedor racked up 12 digs and 12 assists to go with two service aces.
• Meyer tallied 11 digs and three assists.
• Moulder put up two blocks.

 
Up Next
Molloy will take on Nyack (10:00 a.m.) and the University of Tampa (2:00 p.m.) on Friday (Sept. 10) from Quealy Gymnasium.