Queens, N.Y. - The volleyball team ended the 2023 regular season with a 3-1 victory this evening against Queens College at Fitzgerald Gymnasium. The pair will both be in action next weekend in Lumsden Gymnasium in Buffalo, N.Y. in the East Coast Conference Championship. Molloy ends the regular season with a 13-13 record overall and an 8-4 record in league play while Queens is 13-10 (7-5 ECC).
Queens 25, Molloy 20
Molloy 25, Queens 15
Molloy 25, Queens 22
Molloy 25, Queens 15
How it Happened
- The Knights got on the board early, scoring the first three points of the game.
- Molloy would come within one, 6-5, but Queens maintained its advantage through the end of the set.
- Trailing 5-2 to start the second set, the Lions would score six of the next seven, including two kills and an ace from senior Kiarra Roth and a block from sophomore Sara Hiebert, taking an 8-6 lead.
- Queens would keep it close until a 7-2 run that featured two aces from junior Julia Zalta and kills from Roth and graduate student Chye Davis gave Molloy a 16-10 advantage.
- Sophomore Keri Carlin would close out the set with an ace.
- A kill and an ace from junior Roberta Monticelli gave the visitors an early lead to start the third set.
- A run that included four kills from Davis helped the Lions to a 13-9 lead.
- The Knights would tie the contest three times, including 22-22, but kills from Roth and junior Rebecca Meier helped Molloy take the last three points and the third set.
- The teams exchanged scores to start the fourth set, with the score being tied six times until a five-point run from Molloy put them ahead, 10-6.
- The Lions maintained the advantage to take the contest, ending the game on a 7-1 run with two aces from Monticelli, one from Zalta, two kills from Davis, and one each from Roth and Monticelli.
Top Performances
- Roth tallied a double-double with a game-leading 15 kills and 10 digs.
- Davis also reached double digits with 13 kills.
- Monticelli led with four aces while adding nine kills and eight digs.
- Meier matched the nine kills and added five digs.
- Sophomore Aria Miller and junior Alex Brown combined for 11 digs.
- Zalta put up three aces to go with 38 assists.
- Hiebert led the match by matching a career-high seven blocks.
Up Next
Molloy has clinched the two-seed in next week's ECC Championship. The opponent and game time are to be determined.Â
