Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The volleyball team returned to the court at Quealy Gymnasium this evening with a 3-0 victory over the Tigers of Holy Family University. The win brings Molloy to  11-8 on the season, including a 6-2 record in Rockville Centre, while HFU is now 13-11 on the campaign.  

Molloy 25, HFU 17
Molloy 26, HFU 24
Molloy 25, HFU 13
How it Happened

• The Lions started off strong, taking six of the first eight points, including an ace and a kill from sophomore Alex Brown, an ace from freshman Aria Miller, and kills from juniors Colleen Moulder and Kiarra Roth.
• Holy Family would come within two, 6-4, but 11 kills down the stretch would help Molloy to the 25-17 set victory.
• The home team's stretch continued into the start of the second set, taking a 7-1 lead on three kills from freshman Kaitlin Jordan, two kills from Roth, and another ace from Brown.
• Molloy was in front, 19-13, when a five-point stretch, including three-straight aces, from the Tigers brought the game within one, 19-18. Holy Family would tie the contest at 21 before taking its second lead of the evening, 22-21.
• The score would be tied three more times before kills from Moulder and Roth sealed the second set for the Lions, 26-24.
• Strong serving from Miller continued into the third set, putting up three aces en route to a 7-2 lead for Molloy.
• The visitors would come within five, 11-6, but the Lions' offense continued to fire and opened the game up to a 22-9 lead before easily sealing the match to earn the team's 11th win of the season.

Top Performances

• Moulder attacked at a .727 clip, putting down eight kills on 11 attempts. 
• Roth led the squad with 13 kills, her eighth double-digit performance this season and fourth game in a row with 13 kills.
• Jordan rounded out Molloy's scoring with seven kills and led with two blocks.
• Freshman Canyen Rodriguez had 23 assists, eight digs, and one kill.
• Miller tallied a career-high six aces to go with 19 digs.
• Brown added four aces and seven digs while junior Kathleen Doherty had seven digs and two aces.

Up Next
Molloy returns to league play tomorrow (Oct. 22) as they welcome D'Youville University at 12:00 p.m. The Lions will be recognizing the DezyStrong Foundation in memory of Matthew "Dezy" DeStefano, a standout member of the volleyball community who passed away from kidney cancer.