Release courtesy of St. Joseph's College Athletics
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Powered by a match-high 13 kills from senior Megan Moran (Syosset, N.Y./St. Dominic's), the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's volleyball team concluded Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) play and celebrated Senior Night with a dominating 3-0 (25-8, 25-6, 25-5) win over Sarah Lawrence College on Tuesday night at Brooklyn Technical High School.
Seniors Sabrina Cornia (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller) and Phia Martinez (Astoria, N.Y./St. John's Prep) along with Moran were honored after the match for their accomplishments over their careers as members of the Lady Bears.
St. Joseph's (12-7, 7-0 HVIAC) concludes HVIAC play with an unblemished record for the second straight season and has now won three matches in a row while Sarah Lawrence (3-24, 1-6 HVIAC) finishes their season having lost their last six matches.
USCAA, AD3I and HVIAC Player of the Week sophomore Lauren GaNun (Breezy Point, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall) recorded ten kills for her seventh straight match with ten or more kills. Cornia concluded her career at Brooklyn Tech dishing out 25 assists while accumulating a career-high nine service aces. Martinez tallied four digs, two service aces and an assist to close out her career at home.
The Gryphons were led by Clarisse Taboy who had a team-high-tying three kills to go along with a team-high seven digs.
The Lady Bears dominated right from the get go as they only trailed once in the entire match with that being a 2-1 deficit early in the second set. St. Joseph's offense clicked on all cylinders as they hit a season-high .453 finishing with 35 kills and a season-high 23 service aces.
The opening stanza saw the Lady Bears hold a modest lead at 9-5 in the early stages of the contest before St. Joseph's would score ten unanswered, helped by three kills from GaNun, to take a 19-5 lead and coasted the rest of the way to take a 1-0 advantage in the match.
The second set saw Sarah Lawrence build their first and only lead of the match at 2-1. However, it didn't last long as the Lady Bears scored nine in a row, due in part to a pair of kills from Moran, to take a 10-2 lead and they would not look back as they closed the set on a 6-0 run after the score was 19-6.
St. Joseph's looked to shut the door on the Gryphons and they did just that opening the third set on a 15-0 run helped by four Moran kills and seven aces by Cornia. The Lady Bears went into cruise control and kept a sizeable lead throughout the set finishing on a 6-0 run to send Sarah Lawrence home with a defeat.
St. Joseph's has a quick turnaround as they travel to borough rival Brooklyn College tomorrow, October 23rd to take on the Bulldogs in their regular season finale at 7 p.m.
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Release courtesy of Sarah Lawrence College Athletics
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—In the team's final match of 2013, Sarah Lawrence College women's volleyball wrapped up the season with a 3-0 loss to St. Joseph's College Brooklyn in a Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at Brooklyn Technical High School on Tuesday.
Sarah Lawrence (3-24, 1-6 HVIAC) struggled to gain offensive momentum, tallying just two kills in the opening set. St. Joseph's Brooklyn (12-7, 7-0 HVIAC) notched 35 kills in the match and held the Gryphons to nine offensive points.
In the third set, the Lady Bears scored 15-straight points, a record for an SLC opponent, and clinched their second-straight undefeated conference season with the 25-8, 25-6, 25-5 victory.
Senior Jenai Richards (Kailua, Hawai'i/St. Andrew's Priory) concluded her career by leading the Gryphons with three kills. Rookie Clarisse Taboy (Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia/George School) matched the effort with three spikes and anchored the defense with seven digs. Replacement setter Yolanda Lyne Cando (Arlington, Va./H-B Woodlawn) recorded a season-high nine assists.
For St. Joseph's, Megan Moran led the match with 13 kills, followed by Lauren Ganun with 10. Setter Sabrina Cornia led the match with 25 kills and nine service aces.
The loss concludes a rebuilding year under first-year Head Coach Jillian Kalvik. With only three returning players, the 2012 HVWAC Champions were left with personnel gaps at key positions. Junior Kitty O'Sullivan (Los Angeles, Calif./Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy) asserted her offensive prowess, taking over as the program's career leader in kills (399) and blocks (31).
