Jeff Wilson

Box Score

Molloy Molloy 16-11,6-4 ECC

Daemen Daemen 20-5,10-0 ECC

Molloy Molloy

16-11,6-4 ECC

Final

Nov. 12, 2022

Daemen Daemen

20-5,10-0 ECC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Molloy Molloy	9	24	16	(0)
Daemen Daemen	25	26	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 11/12/2022 6:27:00 PM

Volleyball Falls to Top-Seeded Daemen in ECC Championship

Next Match:

at American International College

11/17/2022 | 5:00 PM

Next Match

Full Schedule

Nov. 17 (Thu) / 5:00 PM

at American International College

History

Recap
Roster

Amherst, N.Y. - The third-seeded volleyball team fell to the top-seeded Wildcats of Daemen University, 3-0, in the East Coast Conference Championship this evening from Lumsden Gymnasium. With the loss, the Lions fell to 16-11 on the season while Daemen improved to 20-5.

Daemen 25, Molloy 9
Daemen 26, Molloy 24
Daemen 25, Molloy 16
How it Happened

Daemen opened the contest on an 11-2 run.
Molloy responded with kills from junior Kiarra Roth, sophomore Alex Brown, and freshman Kaitlin Jordan to come within seven, 12-5.
Daemen would maintain its advantage, attacking at a .500 clip to take the first set, 25-9.
A kill from Roth and ace from freshman Aria Miller put Molloy in front, 2-0, to start the second set.
The Wildcats responded with eight of the next nine points to take an 8-3 lead.
The Lions would tie the contest, 9-9, in a run that featured three-straight aces from Jordan before a kill from Doherty put Molloy in front, 10-9.
The score would be knotted seven times before kills from Roth and Doherty put Molloy in front, 19-17.
Daemen would rally to knot the score at 21 before a four-point run brought them to set point.
Back-to-back kills from freshman Maya Akana would tie the score for a 12th time before Daemen scored the required back-to-back points to secure the set.
The back-and-forth scoring trend continued into the third set until a 13-5 run from the Wildcats gave them a 16-8 advantage.
Molloy would come within six, 20-14, but Daemen would score five of the final seven points to earn its second-straight ECC title.

Top Performances

Doherty tallied eight kills for Molloy in the effort while adding seven digs.
Jordan added seven kills while leading the team in both aces (3) and blocks (2).
Miller led defensively with 16 digs followed by 11 from Akana.

Up Next
Molloy will await the results to the NCAA Volleyball Selection Show on Sunday (Nov. 13) at 10:30 p.m. on NCAA.com. The Lions are currently ranked eighth in the East Region and will look for one of the five at-large bids awarded from the region's three conferences.

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