Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. - The volleyball team was defeated by Mercy University, 3-1, this evening from the Neil Judge Student Athlete Center, setting the Lions at 11-7 on the season and 2-3 in East Coast Conference play. Mercy, who improved to 8-5, earned its second league win and also sits at 2-3 following the victory.

Molloy 25, Mercy 23
Mercy 25, Molloy 7
Mercy 28, Molloy 26
Mercy 25, Molloy 19

How it Happened

• Molloy took advantage of a four-point run with kills from graduate student Kiarra Roth and junior Roberta Monticelli to go in front 9-4 in the first set.
• Mercy would rally with four points of its own to come within four, 10-9 before later knotting the score at 11.
• Four more ties set up a down-to-the wire ending to the set, but the final five points would go in favor of the visitors with a block from Monticelli, kills from Roth and junior Teresa Moulder, and a set-sealing ace from freshman Isabella Rios.
• The Lions managed just three kills in the second set.
• Mirroring the opening set, Molloy led early in the third before Mercy rallied to a five-point lead, 15-10.
• Seven-straight points pushed the cardinal and white ahead with Roth adding two more kills to go with one each from Monticelli and Moulder.
• Tied at 25, another kill from Moulder gave the Lions the advantage, but three-straight points for the Mavericks gave the home team the set victory and put them ahead, 2-1 on the contest.
• After the score was tied nine times to start the fourth set, a six-point run from Mercy propelled the home team to an 18-13 lead that it would maintain through the end of the set for the match victory.

Top Performances

• Roth led with 14 kills.
• Monticelli followed with a season-high 12, leading the Lions with a .226 attack percentage on the evening.
• Senior Julia Zalta led with 24 assists and 12 digs.
• Sophomore Ariana De Jesus put up a career-high four blocks to pace the team while adding three kills. She was followed by three blocks and four kills from Moulder.
• Rios led with three aces to go with nine digs.
• Junior Aria Miller tallied nine digs, two aces, and four assists with senior Alex Brown adding two more aces for the Lions.

Up Next
Molloy returns to Bob Houlihan Gymnasium on Saturday (Oct. 19) to take on Saint Thomas Aquinas College at 12:00 p.m.