Mt. St. Vincent Sweeps New Rochelle, Reynes Lifts 1,500th Career Dig

Final Stats

Riverdale, N.Y. – Senior libero Renee Reynes (Bronx, N.Y.) lifted her 1,500^th career dig and Morgane Booker (East Providence, R.I.) hit a match-high .462 as the College of Mount Saint Vincent Women's Volleyball squad snapped a two match slide with a 3-0 sweep of visiting New Rochelle. The Dolphins took care of the Blue Angels by scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 25-11.

 

Mount Saint Vincent opened the night in strong fashion as it jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the opening set. The Blue Angels would close to within 10-9 in the frame, but the Mount tallied four of the final six points, capped by a Booker to kill to take a 1-0 advantage in the match.

 

After falling behind 2-0 in the second set, Mount Saint Vincent went on an 8-0 run keyed by a pair of Booker kills. The Dolphins used a seven point spurt in the middle stages of the set to take control of the stanza and the match at 2-0.

 

Mount Saint Vincent would fall behind by the same 2-0 score to start the third set and struggled to gain command of the frame in the early going. It was not until a six point run opened a 12-6 advantage for the Dolphins. The Mount sustained that momentum and put the match away with 13 of the final 15 points of the third set.

 

Reynes entered the match just three digs shy of the 1,500 mark for her career and took care of them in the first set. She finished with an even 20 on the night and has now lifted at least 20 digs in seven matches this season, including each of the last four. She also added a kill to the winning effort.

 

Booker paced a balanced offensive attack on the night with six kills and a .462 hitting percentage. She also added an ace, a pair of digs and a match-high three total blocks for the Dolphins.

 

Kristine DeMasi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added five kills and a .417 hitting percentage for the Mount and also lifted six digs. Maureen Metzner (Mineola, N.Y.) joined DeMasi with five winners on the night and also contributed six digs and a match-high four service aces.

 

Senior Jessica Williams (Cornwall, N.Y.) also had a solid all-around match for Mount Saint Vincent after finishing with four kills, an ace and 14 defensive digs. Erin MacBride (Merrick, N.Y.) paced the squad with 15 assists.

 

New Rochelle was led on the night by Meghan King who recorded four kills, while Kristina Nilaj lifted a team-high 19 digs. Zena Jamal was the team leader for New Rochelle with eight assists.

 

Overall in the contest, Mount Saint Vincent held the advantage in kills 28-13 and in digs 63-56. The Mount also posted a 5-3 advantage in total team blocks. DeMasi and Gabriella Burgos (Yonkers, N.Y.) each finished the night with a pair of blocks for the Dolphins.

 

The win pushes Mount Saint Vincent to 4-9 overall on the season. The Dolphins will look to get into the win column in league play on Saturday with a pair of matches at Mount Saint Mary. The Mount will take on the host Knights at 11:00 a.m. before tussling with NYU-POLY at 1:00 p.m.