Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The volleyball team continued a seven-game home stretch to open the 2025 season with a 3-1 victory over the University of Bridgeport. The win sets the Lions at 4-1 on the season while UB falls to 0-2. 

Molloy 25, UB 17
Molloy 25, UB 21
UB 25, Molloy 23
Molloy 25, UB 14

How it Happened

• The Lions started the evening on a 5-1 run that saw two kills from senior Teresa Moulder, and one each from junior Erin Stanley and sophomore Isabella Rios.
• The Purple Knights would tie the game, 6-6, before three-straight points regained the lead for the home team.
• Molloy remained ahead through the rest of the set, finishing the set with back-to-back kills from Stanley and Moulder.
• It was the visitors' turn for an early lead in set two, jumping ahead 11-4. 
• The Lions would take seven of eight later to come within one, 12-11. The run featured two kills from senior Ilaria Micol Chiericati.
• Trailing 15-12, another run of six points, including two aces from graduate student Julia Zalta, put Molloy ahead, 18-15. 
• A kill from freshman Haven Trechter gave the Lions the 2-0 set victory.
• A back-and-forth start to the third set finally played out in favor of the Purple Knights, stringing along four-straight points to lead 13-9.
• Six of the next eight points would go to the Lions, tying the game at 15.
• The teams would go on to be tied again at 22, and three-of-four points went to UB to keep the game going.
• Molloy responded in the fourth set by winning seven of the opening nine points. 
• The closest the visitors would come would be four points, 8-4, very early on before a .393 attacking percentage guided the Lions to the set and match victory.

Top Performances

• Chiericati and Stanley both led with 12 kills. Chiericati hit at an impressive .524 on the evening with just one attack error and added three aces.
• Zalta had a double-double with 25 assists and 11 kills, also adding three aces to go with eight digs.
• 10 kills from both Moulder and Rios rounded out the top scorers for the Lions. Rios added nine digs and three aces while Moulder had three blocks and four digs. 
• Junior Hayden Riddle tallied 24 assists to go with two aces and four digs. 
• Senior Aria Miller led with a season-high 29 digs and added four assists and two aces.

Up Next
Molloy will remain at Bob Houlihan Court on Friday (Sept. 12) as they face West Chester University of Pennsylvania at 6:00 p.m.