Box Score FLUSHING, N.Y. -- The Daemen University women's volleyball team swept Queens College 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-19) on Sunday to improve to 4-4 in East Coast Conference play and 12-10 overall. The Wildcats outhit the Knights 42 to 27 in the win, committing just 10 attack errors to hit at a season-high .352 clip. It marked the third straight 40+ kill performance for the Wildcats.

After the Wildcats and Knights played to 9-9 early on, Daemen took control with seven straight points, starting with an kill from Audrey Johnson (Mequon, Wisc.) and continuing through Johnson's serve, which included three aces and a Mollie Berry (Evergreen Park, Ill.) kill to make it 16-9. Queens cut the margin to 19-17 with four straight points, but the Wildcats kept the lead with points from Knights errors and a kill from Payton Gaylor (Bowmanville, Ont.). Etana Murray (Binghamton, N.Y.) and Mina Faw (Williamsburg, Va.) combined on a block to reach set point at 24-20, and Murray added the final block as the Wildcats took the set 25-20.

Maddie Schamaun (Rockville, Md.) served the Wildcats to a 6-0 start in the second set, with Murray, Mina Faw and Olivia Urbon (Chicago, Ill.) recording kills during the opening run. Queens worked back into the set and tied it at 11-11, but the Wildcats moved back in front on kills by Gaylor and Faw. Daemen would go on to win seven of the next eight points behind two kills by Avery Craig (Tomball, Tex.), a Faw kill and consecutive Jarielys Giraud (Orlando, Fla.) service aces to stretch the advantage to 21-13, then finished the set with a kill from Peyton Lowes (Northville, Mich.) for a 25-17 Wildcat victory.

After Queens moved in front 7-6, Gaylor tied the third set with a kill and the Wildcats took control behind Vera Tops' (Senigallia, Italy) serve, using an attack error, a Murray kill and three straight aces by Tops to go ahead 12-7. The Knights kept it close, 15-11, but a Mina Faw kill started a 7-0 Wildcats run that included two Craig kills, two Urbon kills and a Mina Faw block for a 22-11 lead. Gaylor finished the set with a kill as the Wildcats closed the third set 25-19.

IMPACT PLAYERS

• Craig led the Wildcats offensively with 10 kills and zero errors on 22 attacks to hit at a season-high .500 in the win. The junior outside hitter added a team-high nine digs on the day.
• Mina Faw contributed eight kills, one solo block, two block assists and two digs.
• Gaylor totaled five kills on 10 attacks to hit at a .300 clip and added one ace.
• Urbon finished with five kills on seven attacks with no errors to hit at a team-high .714, adding five digs and one ace.
• Giraud posted seven digs, three assists and two aces.
• Schamaun led the way with 20 assists, one ace and five digs while Lowes added 11 assists and one ace.

UP NEXT
Daemen returns to Lumsden Gymnasium on Wednesday, Oct. 28 to host crosstown rival D'Youville at 6:30 PM.