Volleyball Completes Weekend Sweep with Win at Manhattan

The Canisius College volleyball team took both of its matches in the New York City area this weekend, finishing the sweep with a four-set victory at Manhattan in Riverdale, N.Y. on Sunday. The Golden Griffins defeated the Lady Jaspers 25-21, 25-12, 19-25, 25-18 to win for the fourth time in five matches and improve to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Freshman Samantha Good led the Golden Griffins with 17 kills and 12 blocks in the match, including four solo blocks and eight block assists. Junior Renee Lettow had 11 kills while sophomore Danielle Brawn had eight kills and a match-high 18 digs. Sophomore Janelle Davis had 39 assists, nine digs, eight block assists and five kills on nine attack attempts.

“You can't underestimate how hard it is to win two conference road matches in the same weekend,” Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. “It's even tougher when you're without one of your top players in Michelle Godfrey. Our team put together two collective efforts this weekend and were rewarded.”

Canisius won five of the final seven points to take the first set. During the run, Good had two kills, Lettow had a kill and Brawn had a service ace to close out the set.

The Griffs dominated the second set, winning the first two points and never looking back as they held the lead the entire set. Canisius had five separate runs of three points or more in the second set.

After Manhattan (5-9, 1-3) won the third set, the Griffs closed out the match in the fourth set. Canisius would slowly pull away, with back-to-back blocks from Davis and Good turning a 9-9 tie into an 11-9 lead. That was a lead the Griffs wouldn't relinquish, winning the match on a service ace from Carley Youngman.

Canisius returns home next weekend to begin a stretch of eight of its next 12 matches in the Koessler Athletic Center. The Golden Griffins host Marist on Saturday, with match time set for 2 p.m.

Match Notes: Canisius is 3-1 in the MAAC for the third time in four seasons... Canisius won for the seventh time in the last eight meetings with Manhattan… The 12 blocks by Good are the most by a Golden Griffin since Leigh Launhardt had 12 against Siena on Nov. 5, 2006… The 12 blocks are the most by a Golden Griffin since the rally-scoring format started in 2001… Canisius had five players with at least nine digs in the match… Kaela Glenn had a career-high 15 digs and has at least eight digs in six of the past eight matches… The eight blocks by Davis set a career high… The 16 blocks by Canisius are the most since the Griffs had 16 against Saint Peter's on Sept. 30, 2007… Canisius tied a season low with one service reception error. The Griffs also had one against La Salle on Aug. 29.

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Players Mentioned

#7 Danielle Brawn: OH/RS; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#5 Janelle Davis: S; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#14 Kaela Glenn: L; 5' 3"; Senior

#9 Michelle Godfrey: MH/RS; 6' 3"; Senior

#16 Samantha Good: MH/RS; 5' 10"; Freshman

#2 Renee Lettow: OH; 5' 10"; Junior

#6 Carley Youngman: DS; 5' 8"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#7 Danielle Brawn
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: OH/RS

#5 Janelle Davis
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: S

#14 Kaela Glenn
: 5' 3"; Senior
: L

#9 Michelle Godfrey
: 6' 3"; Senior
: MH/RS

#16 Samantha Good
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: MH/RS

#2 Renee Lettow
: 5' 10"; Junior
: OH

#6 Carley Youngman
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: DS