Geoff Schneider

Box Score

D'Youville DYO 8-18,3-9 ECC

Daemen Daemen 22-5,12-0 ECC

D'Youville DYO

8-18,3-9 ECC

Final

Nov. 09, 2023

Daemen Daemen

22-5,12-0 ECC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
D'Youville DYO	15	18	8	(0)
Daemen Daemen	25	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 11/9/2023 7:16:00 PM | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Wildcats Tally Third Straight Undefeated ECC Season With 3-0 Win Over D'Youville

AMHERST, N.Y. – It was another undefeated East Coast Conference season for the Daemen University women's volleyball team as the Wildcats swept crosstown rival D'Youville 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-8) on Thursday evening. With tonight's win, the Wildcats finished the 2023 season with a 12-0 ECC record, marking their third consecutive unbeaten season in conference play, and moved to 22-5 overall. Daemen extended their regular season conference win streak to 35 matches, a streak that dates back to Nov. 10, 2019.

Daemen out-hit D'Youville 46 to 17 on the night and posted a .333 hitting percentage, while holding the Saints to just .073 on the night. The Wildcats totaled 12 service aces, their second-highest ace total in a match this season.

The Wildcats honored four seniors – Olivia Alessi (East Aurora, N.Y.), Maggie Burns (Louisville, Ky.), Vanessa Kuliga (Glenview, Ill.) and Dunja Masic (McHenry, Ill.) along with their longtime Team IMPACT player, Ava Hackett – prior to the match.

After winning their third straight ECC regular season championship last weekend, the top-seeded Wildcats will host the 2023 ECC Tournament next weekend (Nov. 17-18) at Lumsden Gymnasium.

IMPACT PLAYERS

Senior outside hitter Giselle Giraud (Orlando, Fla.) led all hitters with 13 kills for a match-high .632 hitting percentage and added two assisted blocks to her match-high 14 points outing.
Freshman middle Kate Trueblood (Granger, Ind.) posted a career-high nine kills while hitting at a .538 clip. She added a block assist and two digs on the day for 9.5 points.
Sophomore outside hitter Nahirka Malpica (Caguas, P.R.) totaled eight kills for a .400 hitting percentage, one assisted block and one dig.
Kuliga totaled five kills, three assisted blocks, three digs, one solo block and one ace on her Senior Night.
Freshman Charlotte Koerber (Munich, Germany) posted five kills, two aces and 11 digs.
The senior setter combo of Masic and Alessi combined for 34 assists tonight, with Masic totaling 21 assists, two aces, three digs and a kill, while Alessi totaled 13 assists, three digs and one ace.
Senior libero Jasmine Brundage (East Aurora, N.Y.) totaled 12 digs, five aces and four assists on the night.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

The Wildcats jumped out to a 9-1 lead, but from there the Saints went on a 9-6 run to make it a five-point game. Daemen went on a 9-2 run at the end of the set to take the first, 25-15. Trueblood led all players with five first set kills.
The second set was back-and-forth, until the Wildcats led by as much as eight in the middle of the set. Daemen scored four of the final five points to win the second 25-18 after out-hitting the Saints 17-8. Giraud tallied six kills in the second.
Daemen took a 15-2 lead in the third after posting seven kills to open up the set, and kept up the intensity through to the end for a 25-8 third set victory.

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