AMHERST, N.Y. – Wrapping up the 2026 season in Amherst, the Queens College women's volleyball team faced the Daemen University Wildcats inside Lumsden Gymnasium in East Coast Conference (ECC) action Sunday afternoon.
The rookie duo of
Mikayla Haskell and
Garnette Webb combined for 12 kills, but the Knights fell in three sets to conclude their 2026 campaign.
Match Recap
Daemen controlled the opening set, jumping out to an early 7-1 lead. The Wildcats maintained their advantage throughout the set, earning a 25-14 victory to take a 1-0 match lead.
Queens opened the second set with a 3-2 advantage as rookie
Zoe Sercu recorded a kill during a 3-0 run.
However, the Wildcats responded with an 11-4 run to take a 14-7 lead. The Knights gradually chipped away at the deficit, pulling within four at 19-15.
After Daemen extended its advantage to 22-15, rookies
Lucia Bennett and Haskell recorded back-to-back kills before a service ace from junior
Olivia Hyman brought Queens within four, 22-18.
A Daemen kill briefly halted the Knights' momentum, but Queens responded with a 6-1 run to even the set at 24-24. Haskell recorded two kills during the rally, while she and Sercu teamed up for a block. However, the Wildcats closed out the set with a 3-1 run to earn a 27-25 victory and take a 2-0 match lead.
Daemen opened the third set with an 11-3 advantage before Queens answered with a 6-1 run to cut the deficit to three, 12-9. The Wildcats responded with a 6-1 run of their own to extend their lead to 18-10. The Knights were unable to overcome the deficit as Daemen secured the three-set sweep.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Haskell led the Knights offensively with a team-best seven kills to go along with three blocks.
- Webb recorded five kills.
- Rookie Jaslynn Daily tallied 13 assists, six digs, four kills and one service ace.
- Hyman led the Knights with 17 digs while adding two assists and one service ace.
The Knights conclude the 2026 season with an overall record of 3-24 and a 1-11 mark in ECC play.
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