QU Volleyball Completes Weekend Road Sweep with 3-0 Win over Saint Peter's

Sunday, November 5

Jersey City, NJ

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

9-20, 8-8MAAC

Saint Peter's

0-29, 0-17MAAC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Quinnipiac	25	25	25	3
Saint Peter's	20	17	23	0

QU Volleyball Completes Weekend Road Sweep with 3-0 Win over Saint Peter's

11/5/2017 2:36:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The Quinnipiac volleyball team fought off stubborn challenges from Saint Peter's in all three sets to sweep a 3-0 victory over the Peacocks and improve to 8-8 in the MAAC on Sunday afternoon at the Yanitelli Center. Sophomore setter Maria Pansari (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) had 29 assists and a career-high 18 digs in the three-set win.

SCORES
Quinnipiac 3 / Saint Peter's 0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-23)

LOCATION
Yanitelli Center / Jersey City, N.J.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (9-20, 8-8 MAAC) / Saint Peter's (0-29, 0-17 MAAC)

MATCH NOTES

Quinnipiac completed a two-game road sweep after winning at Rider 3-2 yesterday. The Bobcats are now tied for sixth in the MAAC at 8-8 with Rider and would qualify for the six-team conference tournament if the season ended today, due to its sweep of the Broncs.
Quinnipiac trailed 21-19 in the third set before rallying to complete the sweep at 25-23. Freshman Morgan Sherwin (Coplay, Pa.) started the run with a kill and had an ace to give the Bobcats the lead for good at 22-21.
After the Peacocks fought off a match point to close to within 24-23, sophomore Natalie Alechko (Old Tappan, N.J.) had a kill to end it.
Sophomore setter Maria Pansari (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) broke her career high with 18 digs in only three sets. Her previous high of 17 was set earlier this year in a five-setter at Iona.
Saint Peter's was within a single point late in both the first (18-17) and second (16-15) sets before the Bobcats were able to get separation and win 25-20 and 25-17.
A block from sophomore Kaleigh Oates (Downington, Pa.) closed out the first set.
Sherwin had two kills in a 5-0 run to close out the second set after Saint Peter's was within 20-17.
Junior Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pa.) led Quinnipiac in both kills (11) and blocks (4).
In addition to Pansari's 18 digs, three other Bobcats were in double figures with 10 each – sophomores Alejandra Rodriguez (Toa Alta, P.R.), Lauren Miller (Collegeville, Pa.) and Maddie Lough (Chadron, Ohio), while Alechko just missed a double-double with 10 kills and nine digs.
Quinnipiac (8-8) closes out next week with home matches against Canisius and Niagara. The Bobcats could get in with a split, especially if it earns a season sweep of Canisius (8-7 going into today's match at Siena) on Saturday.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Kills: Kat Miller - 11
Attack Pct: Kat Miller - .391 (11-2-23)
Assists: Maria Pansari - 29
Digs: Maria Pansari - 18
Blocks: Kat Miller - 4
Aces: Kaleigh Oates - 3

UPCOMING MATCHES
Quinnipiac closes out the regular season next weekend with two home matches next weekend, facing Canisius on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Niagara on Sunday at 1 p.m.