NEW YORK, N.Y. (September 6, 2017)  – Sophomore Casey King and senior Emily Singleton combined to record 16 kills with just four errors, as the Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball swept the Hunter College Hawks (25-21, 25-20, 27-25) in a non-conference match Wednesday.

Sophomore Taleen Mitchell added seven kills and classmate Julie Greco dished out 23 assists for Stevens, who improved to 3-2. It was the sixth straight sweep of Hunter by the Ducks.

Taylor Haiduk had 10 kills and Marlena Budna recorded six blocks for the Hawks, who fell to 1-1.

Volleys and Points

• After back-to-back kills led to a 2-0 lead for Hunter, Stevens took advantage of a pair of attack errors to take a 4-2 lead.
• Successful kills from three different players and another Hunter error gave Stevens a 12-8 lead. The Ducks wouldn't relinquish the lead for the remainder of the set.
• Three errors and a Stewart kill pushed the advantage to 17-12 and a second, four-point run gave Stevens a 21-13 lead.
• Hunter would pull to within 23-20, but another attack error and a Mitchell kill closed the set.
• After the teams alternated points to open the second set, kills by Mitchell and sophomore Sara Hain bookended three Hunter miscues to give the Ducks a six-point margin (9-3).
• Stevens would see its lead grow to as many as 10 points before Hunter scored six consecutive points to draw within five (20-15).
• An attack error returned the serve to Stevens and the Ducks responded with a King kill and a well-placed serve by Mitchell to reach set point. 
• Consecutive kills by Budna trimmed the Stevens advantage to four, but a Julia Connolly service error gave the Ducks the second set and a 2-0 lead in the match.
• With the match on the line, the teams traded the first six points of the match, before Hunter went on its longest run, scoring seven consecutive points to take a 10-3 lead.
• With freshman Jillian Roumbanis at the serve, the Ducks rallied for three straight points to claw back into the match.
• Sophomore Shelby Stewart notched a kill and a block to tie the set at 14.
• Hunter tallied six of the next seven points to force a set point (24-20).
• Sophomore setter Julie Greco recorded a solo block and teamed with Stewart for a block assist to draw the set even at 24.
• Tied at 25, King converted a Greco set to give Stevens its second match point.

Match Point

• Shelby Stewart converted her second kill of the set to close out the match.

Inside the Numbers

• Six blocks from Stewart helped the Ducks gain an 8-6 edge in total blocks.
• While Hunter had more kills, the Ducks out hit the Hawks (0.127-0.065).
• The Ducks were able to force 31 Hunter attack errors, 10 service errors and a pair of receiving errors. Hunter also committed a ball-handling error and a block error.
• Senior Mckenzie Kingsbury saw her first action of 2017, 

Coach Speak (McShea)

• "The team had shown us a lot of mental toughness so far this season. Credit to Hunter for exploiting some of our weaknesses, serving tough, and coming into the third set with fire."
• "We had to climb our way back in the third and we were able to come alive and do that."
• "I'm really proud of our fight and will to finish tonight."

Unsung Hero

• "Emily Singleton really came alive tonight. We've been challenging her to mix up her shots, change her approach a little bit and put some more power behind the ball and she rose to the occasion tonight. There was a sense of confidence that it would be a kill or put them out of system every time she was set and the stats show that."
• Singleton finished with seven kills on 16 attacks with just two errors. The Tucson, Arizona native added three blocks and a dig.

Up Next

• Stevens heads to Schenectady, New York for the Union Invitational. 
• The Ducks will play four games in less than 24 hours with matches against Williams College, The College at Brockport, Skidmore College and Middlebury College.
• Stevens will not take on the hosting Dutch. The teams will meet at the Stevens Invitational on Oct. 14.
• Live stats and video links will not be available for this weekend's matches.

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