Box Score Bronx, NY
(Oct. 18, 2014) – Women's volleyball dropped a 3-0 decision to SUNY Maritime in what was originally slated as a tri-match with the Privateers and Old Westbury.
The match with Old Westbury has been rescheduled for this Thursday (Oct. 23) at home.
As for Saturday, the Privateers won 25-18, 25-21, and 25-17 for the team's first conference win of the season.
The Privateers were led by Shannon Brady with 17 kills on the match. Christine McCormack collected a career-best 23 assists.
In the first set, Purchase took an early 3-0 lead but Maritime was able to come back and before going on a 9-4 roll to take a 12-7 advantage. The Privateers continued to roll in the set, taking a 20-12 lead in the process. Purchase comeback attempt was thwarted by Maritime as the Privateers finished off the set, 25-18.
The second set saw the squads battle back-and-forth as neither side was able to get larger than a five-point lead. With the Privateers leading 24-21, Brady set the ball to McCormack, who finished off the set with a kill.
Maritime took a quick 3-0 lead in the third set, looking to end the match in three, but Purchase responded with three points of its own to even up the third set of the day.
After being down by a 5-4 score, the Privateers went on their longest run of the day with nine unanswered points.
After picking up a point, Purchase was given the ball back to serve and collected a service error to give Maritime the straight sets victory.
The Panthers were led by captain
Alex Lally (SO/Sunnyvale, TX), who posted 10 kills.
Victoria Blum (SO/Bronx, NY) added seven assists and three digs, while teammate
Mildi Rodriguez (SR/Yonkers, NY) collected 11 digs.
-SUNY Maritime Sports Information Contributed to this report
