HOBOKEN, N.J. (Oct. 21, 2022) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball team split their two non-conference matches on Friday night to open the Stevens Invitational. They defeated Kean University in four sets (25-14, 25-22, 20-25, 25-16) and fell to No. 14 Wesleyan University by a score of 3-0 (25-16, 25-18,
The Ducks fell behind 1-0 in the first set against Kean and then never trailed again in the set after that. Stevens went on an 6-1 run midway through to make the score 12-6 and then never looked back. They closed out the set by a score of 25-14 to take the early 1-0 lead. The second set was a different affair as the Ducks never led by more than three points throughout and took it 25-22. Junior
Elle Maggio and sophomore
Cleo Shannon each had nine kills headed into the third. The Cougars stole the third set by a score of 25-20 and then Stevens closed out the match with in the fourth and secured the win.
Graduate student
Kathleen Riegner finished the match with a season-high 30 assists and tallied 11 digs. Shannon and Maggio finished with 17 and 14 kills, respectively. Junior
Liz Patterson totaled 13 kills and 14 digs and sophomore
Bailey Axelrad added 27 digs.
In the second match of the night, the Ducks were swept by the Cardinals. Stevens' only lead of the match came at 4-3 in the opening set and then Wesleyan took control after that, earning the sweep. Maggio led all Ducks with 13 kills and first-year
Vivian Lisboa was second with seven. Reigner and senior
Enkhsanaa Enkhbayar had 14 and 11 assists, respectively to lead the team.
With the split, Stevens moved to 18-7 overall on the season. Kean fell to 14-9 on the year and Wesleyan improved to 17-2.
Inside the Numbers
- Maggio led the Stevens offense with a combined 27 kills across both matches.
- Patterson finished with 19 kills and 19 digs across both games.
- The loss to Wesleyan snapped a five-game home winning streak for the Ducks.
- Stevens has won six-straight over Kean, dating back to 2005.
Up Next
- Stevens hosts the rest of the Stevens Invitational, tomorrow in Canavan Arena. They take on No. 6 New York University at 12 p.m., and Stockton University at 6 p.m.
- Tomorrow, all our home events are dedicated to breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and their will be a moment of silence before each Stevens Invitational match.
