AMHERST, N.Y. – The College of Saint Rose women's volleyball team ran its winning streak to three-straight matches following a 3-1 victory over Daemen University in a non-conference match this evening at Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium on the CSR campus.

Daemen, a member of the East Coast Conference, suffered its second-straight loss and dropped to 13-5 on the year. Saint Rose of the Northeast-10 Conference improved to 13-11.

IMPACT PLAYERS

• Outside hitter Maggie Burns (Louisville, Ky.) reached double digits in kills for the fourth-straight match and the 10th time this season. The senior posted a team-high 43 attacks and registered 14 kills. She also contributed six digs and four blocks.
• Graduate student Sam Logan (Eden, N.Y.) finished with a double-double, as she totaled 10 kills and 10 digs.
• Junior setter Olivia Alessi (East Aurora, N.Y.) posted 32 assists and a team-high four service aces. 
• Sophomore middle hitter Amelia Armstrong (River Falls, Wisc.) added six kills and four blocks, while senior defensive specialist Mickaley Monahan (Saline, Mich.) totaled a team-high 11 digs.
• The host Golden Knights were led by freshman Teresa Moulder's 12 kills, while senior Jessica Vargas added 10 kills, nine digs and three aces. Senior Valeria Jorge nearly registered a triple-double, as she recorded 31 assists, 13 digs and seven blocks.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Daemen equaled its season-high for attacked errors (30) and posted a season-low .098 hitting percentage.
• Saint Rose recorded 13 service aces, the most allowed by Daemen all season.
• The Golden Knights also registered 29 blocks, the most a team has recorded against the Wildcats this season.
• Daemen held a 7-6 lead in set one, before the hosts put together an 8-2 run to take a 14-9 lead. Daemen used a late 6-3 rally to pull within two points (20-18), but the host closed out set with five unanswered points—four of which came as the result of Daemen errors.
• Daemen held an 11-7 lead in set two, but the Golden Knights scored 11 of the next 14 points and took an 18-14 lead following an ace by Vargas. Daemen scored the next four points to tie it at 18-18, but Saint Rose closed out the set with a 7-2 run.
• Saint Rose appeared ready to pull off the sweep when they opened an early 9-3 lead in set three, but Daemen responded with a 15-2 run for an 18-11 lead. Saint Rose would come no closer than four points down the stretch.
• Both teams made early runs in set four and the hosts held a 9-7 lead when they put together a 5-1 spurt for a 14-8 lead. Daemen rallied with a 5-2 run of its own to cut the lead to three (16-13). The Saint Rose lead was four points, 20-16, when a kill by Alessi sparked the Wildcats on a 5-1 run that knotted the set at 21-21. Saint Rose denied Daemen the comeback and scored three of the next four points en route to the 25-23 victory.

GAME NOTES

• It marks the first time that Daemen has suffered back-to-back losses since losing to New Haven and American International during opening day action of the Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks Tournament on Sept. 17, 2021.
• Daemen is now 4-2 against Northeast-10 teams this season.
• St. Rose posted its first-ever victory over Daemen. The Wildcats had prevailed in each of the previous five meetings between the two programs.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats return to league play tomorrow with an ECC match at Queens.
 

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