Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball team picked up a MAC Freedom sweep over King's College on Tuesday night.
The Ducks picked up their 20
th win of the season and moved to 5-1 in conference play; King's fell to 16-9 for the year and 0-6 in MAC Freedom play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Three King's errors, two
Meg Dion kills, plus one from
Elle Maggio had Stevens up 6-4 early. Another error and a kill from
Parker Adkins made it 8-5, but King's answered with four straight points for a 9-8 edge. Adkins tied it with another kill, starting a 9-3 run that featured kills from Maggio, Dion, and
Cleo Shannon. At 17-13, kills from Dion and Adkins bookended a 4-1 run that pushed the lead out to 21-14. The Ducks closed out the set 25-15 with two more kills from Adkins, one from Shannon, and one from
Vivian Lisboa.
Two Monarchs errors put Stevens up 3-2 early in the second. Three kills from Shannon, two King's attack errors, and an Adkins service ace quickly pushed the lead to 9-3. Three more Lisboa kills, plus a
Liz Patterson service ace and a kill from Shannon made it 14-6; Adkins recorded four consecutive points, all kills, keeping the Monarchs at bay, with Maggio adding another kill for a 19-10 lead. Pederson, Lisboa, and
Mallory Eder alternated one kill each with three King's errors, closing out the frame, 25-12.
Down 3-1 in the third,
Ella Boland sandwiched two kills around one from Eder for a 4-3 Ducks' lead. After alternating points produced a 6-5 King's lead, Lisboa bookended a 5-0 run with a pair of kills,
Sarah Bolduc adding another during the spurt;
Liz Pederson then recorded four kills over a 6-3 stretch for Stevens, extending the margin to 16-10. At 17-12, two King's errors set Stevens off on a run of seven straight points with Kileen McNeil recording a kill and Boland recording two. After King's fought off two match points, Boland ended the night with another kill.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Stevens improved to 6-0 all-time against King's, all six wins coming without dropping a set, and no set being closer than 25-21.
- The Ducks came into the night first in conference play in opponent hitting percentage at 10.7 percent; they held the Monarchs to 5.6 percent for the match.
- Molly Harris, who came in averaging 10.94 assists/set (1st in conference play), recorded 41, raising her average to 11.35.
FROM THE COURT
"I am proud of our group tonight and the team effort we put in for the win. It felt great to compete in another conference match and finish with a sweep. I am proud of the group and excited to play on Saturday!" – Head Coach
Macon Frey
UP NEXT
The Ducks host a tri-match at Canavan Arena Saturday, November 2. The Ducks will play Stockton University at 11 am and Skidmore College at 4 pm; Stockton and Skidmore will face each other at 1:30. The team will honor its Senior class between their two matches.
