FLUSHING, N.Y. – The 2023 regular season wrapped up on Friday (Nov. 10) evening as the Queens College volleyball team welcomed the Lions of Molloy University Lions to Fitzgerald Gymnasium in East Coast Conference play.
The duo of junior
Christina Franco (Lynbrook, N.Y.) and sophomore
Kendall Conrad (Carrolltown, PA) combined for 29 kills but the Knights were unable to complete the comeback rally as they fell 3-1
(Set Scores: 25-20, 15-25, 22-25, 15-25) in a four-set loss.
With the loss, the Knights move to 13-10 overall and 7-5 in ECC play.
The 7-5 league record moves the Knights into third place and will need a Mercy loss to keep the third-place finish, otherwise dropping Queens to the fourth spot in the ECC Postseason Tournament.
Match 23 Recap (Set Scores: 25-20, 15-25, 22-25, 15-25)
- Both teams would exchange points in the early going, but with the Knights leading 6-5, a kill from sophomore Lindsay Osterhoudt (Orlando, FL) would start a 4-0 run for the host as they took a 10-5 advantage.
- The Lions would attempt to keep the scoreline close as they cut the advantage down to one, 16-15 before Conrad and senior Alexis Deodat (Tampa Bay, FL) helped the Knights close out the first set on a 9-5 run for a 25-20 set victory to take a 1-0 match lead.
- Attacking errors would hurt the Knights in the second set as the Lions earned a 25-15 second set victory to tie the match at 1-1.
- The third set would see the Knights fall behind early to the score of 12-7 before Queens rallied behind Franco who recorded four kills and two service aces in a 9-4 run to tie the set at 16-16.
- Queens would tie the third set on five different occasions, however with the set tied at 22-22, the Lions would end the set on a 3-0 run to take a 25-22 victory and take a 2-1 lead.
- Needing to mount a comeback, the Knights would take a slim lead of 6-5 before the Lions used an 8-2 run to take a commanding lead of 13-8.
- However, attacking errors would haunt the home side once again as they were unable to recover to drop the match to the final score of 3-1 as Molloy earned a fourth set victory to the score of 25-15.
By the Numbers
- Franco led the way with her ninth double-double of the year as she recorded 14 kills and 10 digs to go with three service aces.
- Conrad recorded 15 kills to go with eight digs and two service aces.
- Osterhoudt tallied six kills hitting a team-high .267 on the evening.
- The senior duo of Anjeline Arnakis (Bayside, N.Y.) and Deodat combined for six kills and nine blocks on the evening.
- Junior Despina Boudouris (Athens, Greece) recorded a match-high 39 assists to go with six digs and two service aces.
- Sophomore Sarah Munn (Torrance, CA) recorded seven digs, two assists and one service aces.
Prior to the match, head coach
Stefan Leger and the volleyball team honored their graduating seniors for their dedication to Queens College and the volleyball program as they honored their two seniors
Alexis Deodat (Tampa Bay, FL) and
Anjeline Arnakis (Bayside, N.Y.) in their annual Senior Day Ceremony.
Next Match: Head Coach
Stefan Leger and the Knights will now await the results of the final ECC matches to determine the seeding to the upcoming ECC Volleyball Tournament. More details to follow soon.
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