Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The volleyball team won its fourth-straight match tonight, returning to Bob Houlihan Court for the first time in nearly three weeks. The Lions swept the Knights of Queens College, 3-0, to improve to 10-4 on the season and 3-0 in East Coast Conference play. Queens drops to 6-10 (0-3 ECC) with the loss.
Molloy 25, Queens 18
Molloy 25, Queens 10
Molloy 25, Queens 20
How it Happened
- Molloy opened the contest on a 4-0 run that saw a kill and block from senior Teresa Moulder, a block from junior Erin Stanley, and a kill from sophomore Isabella Rios.
- The Knights would respond by taking the next three points, but the Lions' offense exploded for the next eight in a row, including two aces from Rios, to lead 12-3.
- Queens would claw back to within four, but the lead was too much and earned Molloy the set victory.
- The dominance continued into the second set with the Lions jumping ahead 16-2. Senior Aria Miller fired off five aces in a string of six points while Rios, Stanley, freshman Haven Tretcher, graduate student Julia Zalta, and senior Ilaria Micol Chiericati each added kills.
- Both Trechter and Chiericati added acces of their own as part of the nine points the Lions needed to take the second set.
- The Knights took a lead for the first time in the third set, going in front 5-2.
- Blocks from Trechter, Moulder, Stanley, and Chiericati helped the Lions knot the contest at six.
- The score would be tied three more times until the home team went on a 7-1 run to lead 17-11.
- The Knights had a rally of their own and would eventually knot the score at 20.
- The next five-straight points would go in favor of Molloy and saw two kills from Zalta and two aces from Chiericati to seal the victory.
Top Performances
- Trechter led the Molloy offense with 11 kills while adding seven digs and an ace.
- Stanley followed with 10 kills and added two blocks.
- Zalta tallied 23 assists to go with two blocks. Junior Hayden Riddle added 11 assists and five digs.
- Miller's five aces and 16 digs led the squad. Chiericati followed with three aces and added three blocks. Rios had two aces and six digs.
Up Next
Molloy will step out of East Coast Conference play on Friday (Oct. 3) to take on Southern Connecticut State at 6:00 p.m. from Rockville Centre.
