Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The volleyball team topped the Saints of D'Youville University, 3-0, this afternoon from Quealy Gymnasium. The victory sets Molloy at 12-8 on the season and 4-2 in East Coast Conference play while D'Youville falls to 4-20 (0-7 ECC) with the loss. In the effort, the Lions nearly doubled the offensive output of the Saints, tallying 51 kills to D'Youville's 26. Molloy also held an advantage in aces (9-2), assists (47-25) and digs (43-34). 

Molloy 25, D'Youville 18
Molloy 25, D'Youville 18
Molloy 25, D'Youville 15
How it Happened

• The Saints led in the first third of the opening set, until two kills from freshman Kaitlin Jordan helped Molloy to an 8-6 lead. 
• D'Youville would come within one on four occasions before a six-point streak by the Lions that featured two kills from Jordan, a kill from sophomore Alex Brown, and an ace from freshman Aria Miller, put them in front, 18-11.
• Jordan would tally two more kills down the stretch while junior Kiarra Roth also added two before the Lions took the first set, 25-18.
• After conceding the first point of the second set, the home team put up five consecutive kills as part of a nine-point streak to lead 9-1. Roth and Brown both tallied three kills while Miller added another two aces.
• Molloy maintained its advantage on the way to a 25-18 set victory.
• The third set saw the score tied four times in the opening 12 points before kills from Jordan, Brown, and juniors Kathleen Doherty and Colleen Moulder helped the Lions to a 12-8 advantage.
• Molloy blew open the contest with a seven-point streak that featured three kills from Roth, one from Jordan, and two aces from Miller to lead 19-10.
• In the final six points, the home team had kills from Jordan, Moulder and freshmen Canyen Rodriguez and Maya Akana to win the team's fourth consecutive contest. 

Top Performances

• Jordan set a career-high 15 kills, attacking at a .714 clip in the effort while adding three blocks.
• Roth tallied 13 kills for the fifth consecutive match and added three digs. 
• Rodriguez dished out 35 assists to go with three digs, two kills, and one block.
• Miller set a career-high seven aces to go with 13 digs, pacing the team. 
• Doherty added two aces as well as nine digs and seven kills. 

Up Next
Molloy concludes its three-game homestand tomorrow (Oct. 23) against Daemen University at 11:00 a.m. from Rockville Centre.