Mercy Volleyball Falls 3-0 to Molloy
Box Score The Mercy College volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to
Molloy College on Thursday evening. Set scores were 25-23, 25-12,
25-16. Mercy falls to 3-18, and 0-6 in the East Coast Conference,
while Molloy is 5-18, 1-5 in the ECC.
The first set saw a ferocious battle, with neither team taking a
lead of more than three points until Molloy's Eugenia Anthony
served up an ace to make the score 19-15. Mercy junior Crasheena Ward (Danbury,
Conn./Danbury) responded with a thundering kill to cut
the lead to 19-16. With the score 23-19 in favor of Molloy, the
Mavericks retaliated in a big way, reeling off three straight
points to bring the score to 23-22, still in favor of Molloy. After
trading points, Arielle Wichard sealed the set with a kill, and
Molloy took the 1-0 advantage. In that first set, freshman Nicolette Gebhardt (Middletown, N.Y./Pine
Bush) had six of her team-high 11 kills.
Riding on that momentum, the Lions roared out to a 7-2 lead in
the second set. Molloy continued to press the Mavericks, extending
the lead to 12-4, and eventually 23-7, thanks to an 11-1 run. A 5-0
Mercy rally would not be enough, and Molloy claimed the set
25-12.
In the third set, the Mavericks opened up a 3-0 lead, only to
have Molloy knot the score at 6-6. An 11-2 run quickly set the
tone, and the Lions cruised to the 25-16 win.
In addition to her 11 kills, Gebhardt contributed eight assists
and as many digs. Sophomore Rebecca Lynch (Oceanside,
N.Y./Oceanside) added a team-high 11 assists. Senior
Mirlusca Montes (Lima, Peru/Senor de la
Misericordia) had eight digs, followed by freshman
Syntia Malicka (Krakow, Poland/Southington,
Conn.), who had six. For the guests, Angelica Nicalek
led all players with 18 kills, and Kristen Sklarsky added 17
assists. Stefani Koelbel added a game-high 16 digs.
The Mavericks take the weekend to regroup, then face ECC foe
Dowling College on Tuesday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m.
