Career Days Lead Volleyball Past Saint Peter's, 3-2

Sunday, September 16

Jersey City, N.J.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

2-10 (1-1)

Saint Peter's

2-13 (0-2)

Quinnipiac

Saint Peter's

Career Days Lead Volleyball Past Saint Peter's, 3-2

9/16/2018 8:51:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Bobcats Earn First MAAC Win After Season-Best 22 Kills from Sherwin

By: QU Athletic Communications

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The Quinnipiac volleyball team answered the call on multiple occasions Sunday afternoon as the Bobcats battled to pull away with a 3-2 victory in a five-set thriller against the Saint Peter's Peacocks.

Three different players recorded double-doubles and set multiple career-highs as the Bobcats picked up their first MAAC victory of the season.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Rider 2 (18-25, 25-9, 18-25, 25-20, 15-13)

LOCATION
Yanitelli Center | Jersey City, N.J.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (2-10, 1-1 MAAC) | Saint Peter's (2-13, 0-2 MAAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Quinnipiac 18, Saint Peter's 25)

The Bobcats and Peacocks went back-and-forth early in the first set with neither team winning more than two points in a row for the first half of the set
Saint Peter's took four straight points to extend its lead to 16-11 and the Bobcats called a timeout to stall the run
Quinnipiac pulled back within three points due to two attack errors
The Peacocks won three more points to take a six-point lead before ultimately taking the set, 25-18

SECOND SET (Quinnipiac 25, Saint Peter's 9)

Quinnipiac came out firing on all cylinders in a dominant second set, winning seven of the first eight points highlighted by four kills from Morgan Sherwin (Coplay, Pennsylvania)
After Saint Peter's pulled back within five points, Quinnipiac won eight consecutive points to take a 17-4 lead in the set due to two more Sherwin kills as well as one kill each from Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) and Maria Pansari (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey)
With their dominant lead, the Bobcats cruised to the set win thanks to eight kills from Sherwin in the set

THIRD SET (Quinnipiac 18, Saint Peter's 25)

Once again, the Bobcats and Peacocks battled throughout the third set but neither team could take a stranglehold on the set until midway through the set
After another kill from Sherwin, Saint Peter's won four of five points to take a four-point lead
Saint Peter's took a 21-15 lead and later took a 24-16 lead after a kill from Miller
Quinnipiac won two straight points before Saint Peter's closed out the set

FOURTH SET (Quinnipiac 25, Saint Peter's 20)

Saint Peter's led for most of the first half of the fourth set before Quinnipiac took over to comeback
Trailing 15-8, the Bobcats won five of the next six points to pull back within three points and force a Peacock's timeout
The Bobcats won six of the next eight points to tie up the match 19-19, ended by a kill from Maggie Baker (Huntington Beach, California)
After a Saint Peter's point, Quinnipiac won six straight points to close out the set with a 25-20 win

FIFTH SET (Quinnipiac 15, Saint Peter's 13)

The final set started out with each team going on 4-0 runs
After a 5-4 Saint Peter's lead, Quinnipiac won five of the next seven to take a 9-7 lead from three Sherwin kills and a service ace
Quinnipiac extended its lead to 14-11 after a kill from Lydia Jones (Glenn Dale, Maryland) before Saint Peter's took two straight points to pull back within a point
After the Peacock's points, Jones ended the match with a kill to secure the first MAAC win

NOTES

Sherwin recorded her first career double-double with career-highs of 22 kills and 12 digs to go along with a .321 hitting percentage
Sherwin's 22 kills are the most by a Bobcat this season
Kat Miller picked up her fifth double-double of the season with 17 kills and 21 digs to go along with two aces and three blocks
Miller's two aces gives her 95 in her career as she approaches 100 for her career
Pansari also tallied a double-double for the Bobcats, her first of the 2018 season, with season-highs of 53 assists and 14 kills as well as four kills
Pansari's 53 assists marks her seventh career 50-assist game
Jones notched her first double-digit kills game with 14 in the wining effort to go with a .393 hitting percentage, boosting her season hitting percentage to .330
Rodriguez tied her career-high with 23 digs and recorded three service aces
Lauren Miller (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) rounded out the day of impressive performances with a season-high 13 digs for the Bobcats
As a team, Quinnipiac posted a .243 hitting percentage with 65 kills in 185 total attacks

QUINNIPIAC MATCH LEADERS

Kills: Sherwin (22)
Aces: Rodriguez (3)
Blocks: Horman (4)
Assists: Pansari (53)
Digs: Rodriguez (23)

UPCOMING MATCHES

Quinnipiac volleyball returns to Burt Kahn Court on Saturday for its first home MAAC match of the season against the Iona Gaels at 1 p.m. before taking on the Manhattan Jaspers on Sunday at 1 p.m.