FLUSHING, N.Y. – Looking to close out their season on a high note, the Queens College women's volleyball team welcomed the St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartans to Fitzgerald Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon for an East Coast Conference matchup.
It was an all-around effort from rookie setter
Kylynn White (Chicago, IL), senior outside hitter
Kendall Conrad (Carrolltown, PA), and senior middle blocker
Maya Angelova (Kyustendil, Bulgaria), who combined for 25 kills to lead the Knights to a thrilling 3-0 sweep and earned Queens' 10th victory of the year.
Prior to the contest, head coach
Stefan Leger and the Knights honored their seven graduating seniors:
Outside Hitter
Elena Leung (Bellerose, N.Y.),
Middle Blocker
Lindsay Osterhoudt (Orlando, Fla)
Outside Hitter
Elizabeth Cerullo (Saint James, N.Y.)
Libero
Alexis Stoehrer (Medford, N.Y.)
Setter
Jayna Marie Lorenzo (Rodeo, CA)
Outside Hitter
Kendall Conrad (Carrolltown, PA)
Middle Blocker
Maya Angelova (Kyustendil, Bulgaria)
MATCH RECAP: Queens 3, STAC 0 (Set Scores: 25-21, 25-20, 25-18)
The opening frame was a back-and-forth battle with the teams splitting the first 14 points. After Queens edged ahead 9–7, the Spartans responded with a 5–0 run to go up 12–9. Kills from Osterhoudt and White helped the Knights trim the deficit to one at 13–12.
STAC pushed the lead to 16–13, but a kill from Conrad ignited a decisive 12–5 surge. Behind eight straight serves from sophomore outside hitter
Sophie Schonauer (Bakersfield, CA), the Knights closed out the set 25–21 to take a 1–0 match lead.
The Spartans again started strong, jumping ahead 9–5 before Queens answered with an 8–2 run powered by six kills to claim a 13–11 advantage.
After STAC pulled even at 16–16, Angelova delivered a momentum-shifting kill that launched a 9–4 closing run. Queens secured the set 25–20 to go up 2–0.
The Knights dominated early, racing out to a 9–3 lead and never allowing the Spartans back into the frame. Queens posted 10 kills and held STAC to a -.114 hitting percentage en route to a 25–18 win, sealing the 3–0 sweep.
BY THE NUMBERS
- White tallied nine kills on a hitting percentage of .412 to go with 10 assists, five digs, and one block.
- Conrad tallied eight kills and two digs.
- Angelova tallied eight kills on an impressive hitting percentage of .429, to go with eight blocks.
- Osterhoudt tallied five kills and two service aces.
- Marie Lorenzo tallied 16 assists, three blocks, two digs, and two kills.
- Stoehrer tallied 12 digs and four assists.
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