BUFFALO, N.Y. – Continuing East Coast Conference (ECC) play, the Queens College women's volleyball team faced the D'Youville University Saints inside Saints Center Gym Saturday afternoon to open its Western New York trip.
In four tightly contested sets, the rookie duo of
Lucia Bennett and
Garnette Webb combined for 24 kills, recording 12 apiece. However, the Knights were unable to complete the comeback as the Saints earned a four-set victory to complete the series sweep.
Match Recap
The Saints opened the first set with an early 7-5 lead before a kill from rookie
Zoe Sercu and a double block from Webb and rookie
Kaiya Banks evened the score at 7-7. However, D'Youville responded with an 8-3 run to take a 15-10 advantage.
The Knights attempted to get back into the set, cutting their deficit to four at 21-17, but the Saints held off the rally to claim the opening set, 25-17, and take a 1-0 lead.
Queens opened the second set with an early advantage, using three kills, a block and a service ace to take a 6-4 lead. After the Saints responded with a 4-0 run to go ahead 8-6, the Knights answered with a 4-1 run, highlighted by a double block from Webb and Banks, a service ace from senior
Isabella Garcia Valencia and a kill from Bennett to take a 10-9 lead.
Both sides continued to trade points, and with the set tied at 15-15, the Knights used a 6-2 run, with Sercu and Webb combining for three kills and Garcia Valencia adding another service ace, to take a 21-17 advantage.
The Saints responded with a 4-1 run to cut the Queens lead to one at 22-21. However, two D'Youville errors and a service ace from Banks helped the Knights close out the set with a 25-21 victory and even the match at 1-1.
Carrying their second-set momentum into the third, the Knights jumped out to a 6-2 lead as Bennett and rookie
Mikayla Haskell combined for three kills and a block.
After the Saints rallied to take an 8-6 lead, a kill from Sercu put the Knights back in front, 10-9, before a 5-1 run from D'Youville gave the home side a 14-11 advantage.
Queens continued to battle, responding with a 5-2 run to even the score at 16-16, with Bennett recording two kills and a service ace.
However, the Saints used a 6-1 run to build a 22-17 advantage, a lead they would not surrender as they claimed the third set, 25-20, to take a 2-1 match lead.
In the fourth set, the Knights jumped out to a 7-3 lead behind five kills. After the Saints pulled within two at 7-5, two kills from Webb and a service ace from Garcia Valencia helped Queens extend its advantage to 11-6.
The Saints responded with a 9-3 run to take a 15-14 lead before a kill from Webb evened the score at 15-15.
D'Youville then put together a 6-0 run to take a 21-15 advantage. Queens continued to fight, pulling within three at 23-20, but the Saints closed out the set with a 25-21 victory to secure the 3-1 match win.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Bennett tallied 12 kills to go with seven digs, one block and one service ace.
- Webb matched Bennett with 12 kills and tied her career best with six blocks.
- Sercu recorded nine kills, six digs and one block.
- Rookie Jaslynn Daily posted her third career double-double with 27 assists and 10 digs, adding two kills and one block.
- Haskell recorded six kills, two digs, two service aces and one block.
- Junior Olivia Hyman tallied 14 digs, five assists and one service ace.
- Garcia Valencia recorded nine digs and a team-best three service aces.
NEXT SERVE
Queens concludes the 2026 season Sunday, Nov. 8, in Amherst, N.Y., against the Daemen University Wildcats in ECC play. First serve is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
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