ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – The Daemen University women's volleyball team fell 3-0 (17-25, 19-25, 18-25) on the road to Molloy University this afternoon in conference action. The Wildcats are now 9-12 overall and 5-3 in conference action, while the Lions move to 14-7 and 7-1 in the ECC.
Daemen took an early 3-0 lead in the opening set, but Molloy used a 7-0 run to go in front 7-3. The Wildcats attempted to chip away to cut the lead to three and trail 12-9, but the Lions tallied the next three points to push their lead to 15-9. Molloy for the rest of the set was able to keep Daemen at arm's reach to go on to win 25-17 and take a 1-0 lead in the match.
Both teams found themselves tied at three in set two, but the Lions strung together a 7-1 run to break the tie and go up 10-4. Daemen worked its way back into the set to cut the lead to four and trail 14-10, but Molloy pushed its lead to 17-10 after tallying the next three points. The Wildcats used a 5-1 run to cut the lead to three, but it was not enough, as Molloy held on for the 25-19 win and took a 2-0 lead in the match.
Looking to force a fourth set, Daemen opened up set three with a 4-1 lead. Molloy tied the set at four, but the Wildcats responded with back-to-back points to reclaim the lead. Both teams then found themselves tied at seven before trading points, only to be tied at nine after. Molloy used a 4-0 run to go up 13-9, but Daemen used its own run to cut the lead to 13-12 before tying the set at 14. Molloy held the edge at 18-17 before going on a 7-1 run to close out the set 25-18 and win the match.
Daemen's
Nahirka Malpica paced the team in kills with eight while finishing tied for the team lead in digs with six, with four other players.
Maddie Schamaun,
Jarielys Giraud,
Payton Gaylor, and Keira also tallied six digs each for the match. Schamaun led the team in assists with 10.
Avery Craig registered six kills and a pair of aces, while teammate Giraud also tallied two aces of her own.
Daemen is back in action tomorrow at noon when it travels to Flushing to face conference foe Queens University.
