Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The volleyball team fell twice this afternoon from Bob Houlihan Gymnasium, losing in three sets to both RV Lewis University and Bentley University. The Lions now sit at 6-4 on the season.

Game One
Lewis 25, Molloy 20
Lewis 25, Molloy 19
Lewis 25, Molloy 17
How it Happened

• Lewis would take the opening three points of the contest. The Lions would consistently come back to within two, but were unable to catch the Flyers.
• An ace from graduate student Julia Zalta paired with kills from seniors Kiarra Roth and Sara Hiebert lifted the home team in front, 3-0, to start the second set.
• The visitors responded with a 6-0 run to regain the lead.
• The cardinal and white would retake the lead following a kill from freshman Isabella Rios and blocks from Zalta and Hiebert, 12-10.
• An 8-2 run gave Lewis an 18-14 lead that it would maintain through the conclusion of the set.
• The Molloy offense roared to life in the third set, opening with a 10-2 run that saw a kill and ace from Rios, three kills from Roth, two blocks and a kill from Hiebert, two blocks from sophomore Erin Stanley, and a kill from junior Teresa Moulder.
• Lewis would take eight of the next nine points to come within one, 11-10 before eventually knotting the score at 13. 
• The score would be tied three more times, including 16-16, before the Flyers closed the contest with a 9-1 run.
• Roth led with 10 kills while adding eight digs. 
• Moulder followed with eight kills. 
• Sophomore Aria Miller led with 15 digs and added four assists and an ace. 
• Rios tallied 13 digs.
• Zalta's two aces paced the team while Hiebert led with five blocks. 

Game Two
Bentley 25, Molloy 13
Bentley 25, Molloy 17
Bentley 26, Molloy 24
How it Happened

• The score would be tied six times in the opening 18 points before the Falcons fired off 14-straight points for the set victory.
• Back-to-back kills from Moulder and senior Roberta Monticelli helped the Lions to an 8-4 lead in the second set. 
• A six-point run from Bentley would give the visitors a 13-9 lead.
• Blocks from Stanley, Moulder, and Hiebert would help the Lions knot the score at 14, but the Falcons scored 11 of the final 14 points to take a 2-0 set lead.
• The visitors led to start the third set, but Molloy was able to work the score back to knot it at 12.
• The score would be tied six more times before the Falcons earned the two-straight points necessary to clinch the match.
• Rios paced the offense with 10 kills, just missing a double-double with nine digs.
• Senior Alex Brown's 14 digs and two aces led the Lions.

Up Next
Molloy is back in action tomorrow (Sept. 21), taking on Wilmington University at 12:00 p.m. from the campus of Adelphi University in local Garden City, N.Y.