AMHERST, N.Y. - Make it a weekend sweep for the Daemen College women's volleyball team as they downed visiting Queens College today 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-7) in an East Coast Conference match at Lumsden Gymnasium.
The Wildcats, who were coming off a 3-0 win last night over Mercy College, improve to 11-5 overall and 2-1 in ECC play this season. Daemen has won nine of their last 11 matches.
The Knights suffered a second straight loss on their annual Western New York road trip, dropping to 1-10 overall and 0-3 in the league. The Knights squandered a 2-0 lead last night in their 3-2 loss to Roberts Wesleyan College.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Daemen had nine different players record at least one kill as they posted a season-best .370 hitting percentage.
- Sophomore outside hitter Sam Logan (Eden, N.Y.) led the way with 11 kills and a career-high six service aces.
- Courtney Bernard (Lancaster, Ohio) and Meghan Ballou (Eden, N.Y.) gave fits to the Queens defense, combining for 15 kills and a .583 hitting percentage. Ballou (seven killls) posted a career-best .636 hitting percentage individually, the first time in her career she's been .600+. Bernard (.538 hitting percentage) hit .500+ for the second straight match, and for the fourth time this season.
- Sophomore setter Hannah McKee (East Highland, Calif.) enjoyed her finest match in a Daemen uniform as she racked up a career-best 29 assists.
- Ali Greenwood (North Aurora, Ill.) paced the Daemen defense with 11 digs - the 43rd time she's reached double figures in her last 48 matches.
- Alexis Deodat paced Queens with nine kills and a .313 hitting percentage.
HEAD COACH STEPHANIE ALBANO POST-GAME COMMENTS
"It was a slow start for us today. But, I really like the way we finished. I really feel like we made a statement with how we played in the third set."
GAME NOTES
- The Wildcats have now won 15 of their last 17 ECC matches dating back to the start of the 2018 season. They've also won nine straight home conference matches.
- Daemen improved to 8-1 on their home court this season. The Wildcats have won six straight and 14 of their last 15 home matches, and own a 34-14 record at Lumsden Gymnasium since Albano took the reins of the program in 2016.
- Daemen improved to 9-4 all-time against Queens. The Wildcats have won three straight and six of the last seven meetings with the Knights.
- The Wildcats also improved to 9-2 in three-set matches this season.
- Daemen's dominance in the third set marked the second time this weekend that they've held an opponent under 10 points in a set. Before this weekend, the last time that was accomplished in a non-deciding set was a 25-5 second set against Fort Valley State University on Sept. 14, 2014.
- Greenwood continues to close in on 1,000 digs for her career, now standing with 987 in 71 matches played.
UP NEXT
A two-match road trip to Connecticut is on the docket next weekend as the Wildcats battle the University of Bridgeport (Saturday, Oct. 12) and Southern Connecticut State University (Sunday, Oct. 13).
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