DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 16, 2018) – Powered by a match-high 15 kills from senior Leah Petty (Philadelphia, Pa./Science Leadership Academy), a match-high 32 assists from senior Brooke Runge (Closter, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest) and a match-high 12 digs from senior Neysha Gonzalez (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico/Monroe College), the Mercy College volleyball team earned a 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-10) victory over Concordia College on Tuesday night at Victory Gym.

The Mavericks (9-13) have now won three matches in a row and continue their best start since 2013, while the Clippers (0-16) remain winless on the year.

Petty hit .591 and had two blocks and Runge added four digs and three aces. Gonzalez contributed two aces and a kill and senior Kaitlyn Partridge (Corona, Calif./Mt. San Antonio College) and sophomore Leilani Vazquez (Gurabo, Puerto Rico/Adelphi University) finished with seven kills.

Concordia was led by Tatienne Tugade-Sua who had a team-high seven kills.

The opening set saw the Clippers jump out to a 7-4 lead, but the Mavericks battled back and went on an 8-3 run to take a 12-9 lead. Concordia responded by tying the set up at 13-13. However, Mercy followed with five straight points to take an 18-13 lead after a Loreto Nunez Casal (Pontevedra, Spain/Sagrado Corazon de Jesus) kill, leading to a Clipper timeout. Out of the timeout, Concordia made it 18-17 with four straight points, but the Mavericks would close out the set with seven straight points to take the first set, 25-17.

Mercy took a 6-0 lead in set two and held a 14-6 lead, forcing a Concordia timeout. The Clippers cut the deficit to 15-10, but that would be as close as they could get as the Mavericks ended the set on a 10-3 run to earn a 25-13 set two win.

The Mavericks built another 6-0 lead in set three after a Nunez Casal kill and increased the lead to 12-3 after back-to-back kills from Vazquez. Concordia made it 14-6 after a Bianca Ortiz ace, but Mercy would respond with an 11-4 run to close out the set and match following a block from Vazquez and Partridge.

Mercy hit .363 with 42 kills and 35 digs and Concordia hit .067 with 25 kills and 37 digs.

Head Coach Georgia Efthalitsides and the Mavericks resume action on Friday, October 19th when they play at Molloy at 7 p.m.