The Canisius College volleyball team swept Rider University at Alumni Gymnasium in Lawrenceville, N.J. on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Griffins won 25-18, 25-15, 25-16 to improve to 13-10 overall and 10-3 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Canisius has double-digit wins in conference play for the sixth time in the last seven seasons.

Junior Jessica Warner led Canisius with 13 kills to go along with nine digs and a .303 attack percentage. Four other Griffs had seven or more kills with senior Logan Sulongga posting eight kills and a .438 attack percentage in two sets. Junior Sydney Palka posted her fourth double-double of the season with 36 assists and 12 digs while senior Allyson Severyn had 21 digs.

"You can never take a road win for granted, especially one in three sets. We got a number of good efforts from a lot of players today, and Sydney continued to distribute the ball to a variety of hitters," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "We will try to carry this solid play to Baltimore and work to get another road win."

Canisius carried over its efficient offensive play from last week's match at Marist to the first set at Rider by posting a .455 attack percentage and 22 kills in the opening set. The Griffs won the first three points and never trailed in the set as Rider would cut the deficit to 13-12. Canisius then won three straight points to build a cushion and closed out the set on a kill from junior Emily Elek.

The teams stayed tight for the first half of the second set, with the Griffs leading 14-13 after a service error. Canisius would win 11 of the final 13 points in the set, including the last five points on the serve of Good, and went up 2-0 in the match after a kill from Warner.

Rider (10-12, 4-9 MAAC) took an early 7-3 lead in the third set before the Griffs used a 6-1 run to take a 9-8 lead after a Rider error. With the score tied at 10-10, the Griffs created separation with a three-point run and then pushed the lead to 19-11 after another Rider error. Canisius closed out the matc on back-to-back kills from senior Samantha Good and Warner.

Bridget Sheerin led Rider with nine kills while Nicole Moorman had eight kills. Ashlee Amatulli had 24 assists, and Brittany Gajewski had 14 digs.

Canisius concludes the weekend road trip on Sunday, in Baltimore at Loyola University. Match time in the Reitz Arena is set for 2 p.m.

Notes: Canisius improves to 10-3 in MAAC play for the second time in program history (2006)... Canisius defeats Rider for the 14^th consecutive meeting... Canisius was perfect on all 49 service receptions, not allowing a service ace for the first time this season and for the first time since Oct. 1, 2011, against Saint Peter's... Sulongga is averaging 2.87 kills per set in the last five matches... Palka posted 30-plus assists for 11^th time in the last 12 matches... Warner has double-digit kills in back-to-back matches for the second time this season... Junior Roxanne Hernandez had three blocks, posting at least three blocks for sixth consecutive match.