NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., September 13, 2017 – The Monroe College women's volleyball team sent the crowd home happy after taking down Nassau Community College in three sets Wednesday evening at the Monroe Athletic Complex. The Mustangs improve to 4-2 on the year with the win, while the Lions fall to 5-7.
The opening set went back-and-forth, resulting in a 5-5 score through the first 10 points. The Mustangs then scored the next six points before Nassau came back with one to make it 11-6. Monroe then rattled off 14 straight points to close out the first frame with a 25-6 win.
A seven-point run early in the second stanza gave the Mustangs a comfortable 14-5 edge over the Lions. Monroe kept the heat on its opponent, pulling away with a 25-13 win to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
The Mustangs led 10-6 in the third set before going on a six-point run to go up by 10. Another eight-point run for the Mustangs left them with match point at 24-8 before the Lions got one more back. A kill by
Kyra Kaloi then put it away, giving the Mustangs a 3-0 sweep on the evening.
Kaloi finished with a team-high eight kills and a trio of blocks.
Nashally Eleutiza finished with 12 digs, while
Daline Rios led all student-athletes with 20 assists.
Karla Figueroa hit .429 and added six kills and a block.
Marissa Hackett contributed five more kills and hit an impressive .500 on the evening.
Monroe heads down to Northern Virginia Community College on Friday, Sept. 15, for a tri-match with the Nighthawks and Potomac State College of West Virginia University. The Mustangs take on Northern Virginia at 4:30 p.m., following by a 6 p.m. contest against Potomac.
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 26 teams competing across nine sports. There are 18 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's rugby, and the newly added club women's rugby team, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Monroe Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, will have six teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level beginning in the fall of 2017.
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