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Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Tom McDermott, Sports Information Consultant

Women's Volleyball Caps Road Trip With Loss To Adelphi

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's volleyball team capped its three-match swing through Long Island with a 3-1 non-conference loss to Adelphi University here tonight. Daemen, which dropped two of the three matches during the road trip, fell to 9-5 on the season. Adelphi, the preseason favorite to win the Northeast-10 Conference, ran its winning streak to five-straight matches and improved to 9-2. 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Adelphi took game one, 25-19. The host Panthers used a 9-2 run midway through the game to take a 16-7 lead. Daemen trailed 20-12 when the Wildcats put together an 7-3 run that cut the lead to 23-19, but Adelphi scored the next two points to secure the win.
  • The Panthers held a 9-8 lead in game two when they used an 11-5 run to take a 20-13 lead. Daemen answered with an 11-4 run of their own and tied the game at 24-24. The teams traded points, before Adelphi registered back-to-back points for a 27-25 win.
  • The hosts held a 9-6 lead in game three, but Daemen scored nine of the next 10 points and the Wildcats later took a 21-13 lead following a pair of Adelphi errors. Daemen forced game four with a 25-16 win.
  • Adelphi secured the match with a 25-18 win in game four. Daemen held a 15-14 lead, before Adelphi scored 10 unanswered points to take control.
  • Juniors Jenn Heritz (Granger, Ind.) and Tirzah Peters (Amherst, N.Y.) and redshirt freshman Ali Cousins (Eldred, Pa.) paced the Wildcats offensively. Heritz and Peters both posted a team-high eight kills, while Cousins posted a season-high seven.
  • Sophomores Isa McCaffrey (North Royalton, Ohio) and Hannah McKee (East Highland, Calf.) both posted a team-high 14 assists for the Wildcats, while junior Ali Greenwood (North Aurora, Ill.) paced the Daemen defense with 23 digs.
  • Sara Mandreja led AU with 19 kills, four service aces and six digs, while Brenna Valsted totaled 27 assists. 

HEAD COACH STEPHANIE ALBANO POST-GAME COMMENTS
"We struggled offensively this weekend, which makes it challenging to win matches. Right now we are occasionally great and we need to be consistently good. That's the challenge for us as we head into October."

GAME NOTES

  • Daemen posted a season-high 33 attacks errors which led to a season-low hitting percentage of .029. Adelphi did not fare much better, as the Panthers registered 32 attack errors and posted a .047 hitting percentage.
  • It marked AU's first win over Daemen in the all-time series. The Wildcats now own a 2-1 advantage in the series.
  • Both programs were the preseason favorite to win their conference. Daemen was tied with Molloy College atop the East Coast Conference preseason poll, while Adelphi edged out American International College for the top spot in the Northeast-10 preseason poll. Adelphi posted a 27-7 record last year and made its 11th all-time appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament last year.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats are idle until this weekend when they return to ECC play by hosting Mercy College (Oct. 4) and Queens College (Oct. 5).

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