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NYU Tops Vassar in Regular-Season Home Finale
Story Courtesy of the NYU Athletics Site
The New York University women’s volleyball team overcame dropping the second set to Vassar College to pull off a 3-1 win in its final match before the beginning of University Athletic Association (UAA) competition on Wednesday, September 29, at the Coles Sports Center in Manhattan.
The Violets (19-2), currently ranked #23 in the AVCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll, extended their winning streak to 13 matches, the longest winning streak since 2005, with the 3-1 (25-15, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15) victory over the Brewers (8-8).
Leading the offense for NYU was Erin McLaughlin, who tied a career high with 17 kills while also setting a career-best in digs with 21 for her fifth double-double of the year.
The Violets also saw three other starters put down double digit kills, with Kendyl Dunn and Alex Mao recording 11 and Beth Fionda adding 10.
On defense, NYU recorded the eighth-highest single-match dig total in rally-scoring history, putting up 100 as a team. Leading the defensive charge was Alexis Schwartz who tied a season-high with 29 digs for her 13th double-digit dig performance of the season.
Also in double-digits on defense were Mina Baban and Natalie Fernandez who both put up 11 while Fernandez also added four service aces.
Rachel Sawyer recorded 18 digs for her 13th double-digit dig performance, but her biggest milestone came from her serving. Sawyer recorded four aces in the match to move into third-place all-time, surpassing Katya Khmelnitskaya’s career total of 213. For her career, Sawyer now has 216 aces and has recorded 56 thus far in 2010, 12 shy of her career-high of 68 set last year.
For the Brewers, Chloe McGuire recorded 11 kills while Jessie Ditmore added 17 digs.
The Violets return to action this weekend when they travel to Atlanta, GA, to take part in the UAA Round Robin #1. NYU will take on third-ranked and host Emory University on Saturday and Case Western Reserve University and Carnegie Mellon University on Sunday.
