Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The women's volleyball team defeated the Redhawks of Roberts Wesleyan College, 3-1, rallying after dropping the first set to improve to 9-8 on the season and 3-2 in East Coast Conference play. RWC fell to 3-13 (1-3 ECC) in the loss. 

RWC 25, Molloy 19
Molloy 25, RWC 22
Molloy 25, RWC 10
Molloy 28, RWC 26
How it Happened

• Molloy would score seven of the first 11 points of the contest, including a run of three-straight that featured kills from sophomore Julia Zalta and senior Kathleen Doherty and a service ace from freshman Kaitlin Jordan.
• The Redhawks immediately responded with a run of five unanswered points to take a 9-7 lead that they would maintain through the remainder of the first set.
• Neither side was able to establish much of an advantage in the second set until the Lions fired off a run of six points to tak a 17-12 lead.
• Roberts would come within two, 24-22, before junior Kiarra Roth sealed the set victory for the Lions.
• The third set belonged entirely to Molloy,twho held the Redhawks to just six kills and a .051 attack percentage.
• The set opened on a 16-4 run by the cardinal and white and saw 14 kills.
• RWC would score the first two points of the fourth set and maintain the lead until six-straight Molloy points put the home team in front, 15-14. 
• From there, the score would be tied five times, including as late as 25-25. 
• The next point would go in favor of the Redhawks, but the Lions responded by closing the contest out with three-straight points, including kills from both Doherty and junior Colleen Moulder to secure the victory.

Top Performances

• Doherty, Jordan, and Roth all led with 13 kills with Doherty adding 17 digs for a double-double to go with four assists and one ace.
• Freshman Aria Miller tallied 20 digs and three assists.
• Zalta had 10 assists and two kills while freshman Canyen Rodriguez led with 33 assists to go with seven digs, two blocks, one ace, and one kill.
• Sophomore Rebecca Meier led with three aces while Jordan added two.
• Moulder, Jordan, Rodriguez, and freshman Lucy Vazquez each tallied two blocks with Vazquez also adding eight kills.

Up Next
Molloy will step out of league play on Thursday (Oct. 13) as they face Pace University in Pleasantville, N.Y. at 7:00 p.m.