Release courtesy of St. Joseph's College Athletics
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Driven by a match-high 14 kills from senior Megan Moran (Syosset, N.Y./St. Dominic's) and the third double-double of the season from sophomore Lauren GaNun (Breezy Point, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall), the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's volleyball defeated Clinton Hill rivals Pratt Institute, 3-1 (17-25, 25-16, 25-11, 25-10) in a Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup on Thursday night at the Pratt ARC.
St. Joseph's (6-4, 2-0 HVIAC) remains undefeated in conference play and have won a season-high three matches in a row while Pratt (4-7, 1-3 HVIAC) has now lost their last three HVIAC matches and two overall.
Moran provided the bite to the Lady Bears offense with her .324 hitting percentage and four digs while GaNun had the best all-around game for St. Joseph's putting down 11 kills, bringing up 11 digs and recording a career-high seven blocks. The Lady Bears were helped on the defensive end with 18 digs from junior Jennifer Moncino (Ridgewood, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) and sophomore Anna Carbone (Ozone Park, N.Y./Mary Louis) who notched 12 digs. Senior Sabrina Cornia (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller) helped coordinate the offense falling one dig shy of her fifth double-double.
The Cannoneers were paced by Hannah Calderwood who finished the night with 11 kills along with eight digs in a losing effort.
St. Joseph's got off to a slow start in the opening set as Pratt built an early 9-8 lead. The Cannoneers would then score four unanswered to build a 13-8 lead and they did not look back as they took the set without any serious threat from the Lady Bears building their largest lead of the match at 21-11.
After the way Pratt dominated St. Joseph's in the first set it looked like the Cannoneers were going to be a handful for the Lady Bears. However, St. Joseph's came out in the second stanza and took an early 3-1 lead. With the score tied at 9-9 the Lady Bears would go on a 6-0 run that gave them a 15-9 lead and they kept the pressure on Pratt maintaining a sizeable lead for the remainder of the period to tie up the match at 1-1.
The third set went in St. Joseph's favor right from the start as they built a 7-1 lead and would prove too much for the Cannoneers as they finished the period on a 16-6 run giving them a 2-1 advantage in the match heading to the fourth.
The final act saw the Lady Bears lead from start-to-finish, helped by nine kills from the duo of Moran and GaNun, beginning the set with six unanswered points and dominated Pratt for the remainder of the match ending on a 13-6 run that ended with St. Joseph's largest lead of the night at 15.
The Lady Bears travel to Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 6th as they take part in a tri-match at Washington Adventist. St. Joseph's will play Bryn Athyn first at 12 p.m. before taking on the hosts at 2 p.m.
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Release courtesy of Pratt Athletics
BROOKLYN -- Pratt earned a 25-17 opening set victory, but visiting St. Joseph's (BK) responded emphatically with wins of 25-16, 25-11 and 25-10 in the Bears 3-1 win over the Cannoneers in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's volleyball playThursday night at the Pratt ARC.
St. Joseph's (6-4, 2-0 HVIAC) Megan Moran (Syosset, NY/St. Dominic's) led all players with 14 kills and Lauren GaNun followed with 11 kills while dominating the defensive side of the nets with a match-high six blocks. Jennifer Moncino's six service aces and 18 digs marked match highs as St. Joe's improved to 6-4 overall and 2-0 in HVIAC play.
Pratt (4-7, 1-3 HVIAC) was led by freshman Hannah Calderwood's (Clinton, WA/South Whidbey) 11 kills, and junior Diana Lezama(Bethesda, MD/Hotchkiss) followed with eight kills and tied with Moncino for a match-high 18 digs. Sophomore Alli Houghton(Allentown, PA/Emmaus) turned in her third double-double of the season with 20 set assists and 12 digs as one of four Cannoneers with 10 or more digs, but 30 attack errors and a -.008 attack percentage doomed Pratt with third place on the line.
Back-to-back service aces from Houghton, who entered the night leading the league with 1.27 per set, put Pratt out in front 13-8 to open the first frame. A Calderwood kill upped the Cannoneeers lead to 18-10, and the freshman's service ace closed out Pratt's 25-17 win.
A kill from senior Melissa Au (Hillside, NJ/Union County Magnet) snapped a 7-7 tie in the second set, but it would mark Pratt's last lead of the night. An 8-1 run capped by Moncino and Moran kills put the Bears on top 15-9 as St. Joseph's held on for a 25-16 victory.
The final two sets belonged entirely to the visitors, as the Bears took control of the match with a .259 hitting percentage and held the Cannoneers to a -.115 mark in the third. Two Moran kills and three Pratt attack errors led to an 8-2 St. Joseph's run to open the set. A GaNun ace put the Bears up 17-6, and the visitors led by double figures the rest of the game in the team's 25-11 win.
Moran showed up early in Game 4, throwing down three kills in the Bears 6-0 run to open the set. GaNun added a pair of kills in a Bears 5-0 run that padded the lead to 18-5, and St. Joe's went on to an easy 25-10 win, as Pratt hit -.115 for the frame compared to the visitors' .294 attack.
Pratt returns to play on Monday, again at home in HVIAC action against Medgar Evers College.
