The
Canisius College volleyball team opened its MAAC schedule with a four-set win
at Marist College on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Griffins won 25-23, 25-14,
22-25, 25-19 to improve to 4-7 on the season and start conference play with a
win for the fifth time in the last six seasons.
Junior
Jessica Warner had a career-high 19
kills as the Canisius outside hitters had 41 of the team's 55 kills on the day.
Junior Emily Elek had 13 kills and
15 digs for her first double-double of the season. Senior Samantha Good had 11 kills and a .500 attack percentage. Three
Golden Griffins had double-digit digs, with senior Allyson Severyn recording a team-high 17 digs.
"This is the style of volleyball we have been
focusing on playing consistently, and today it resulted in a good road win,"
Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said.
"We had 11 people contribute at some point in this match, and we are going to
need and use that depth throughout this season."
Canisius
built a 19-15 lead before Marist tied the set at 22-22. The Griffs then got a
block from Elek and junior Roxanne
Hernandez and a service ace from Severyn to earn two set points. After a
Marist side-out made it 24-23, a kill from senior Logan Sulongga gave Canisius the first set. The Griffs used a
seven-point run midway through the second set to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
Good posted three kills during the run on Elek's serve, as Canisius closed out
the set on a kill from Elek.
Marist (4-7) won the third set, holding off a
late Canisius run to force a fourth set. Canisius broke open the fourth set
with a five-point spurt, turning a one-point lead into a 18-12 advantage.
Marist would never get closer than four points the rest of the way as Elek
closed out the match.
Hanna
Stoiberg posted a triple-double with 13 kills, 20 assists and 11 digs.
Mackenzie Stephens had 11 kills while Courtney Shaw recorded a match-high five
blocks.
Canisius
concludes its conference-opening road trip at Siena on Sunday, with match time
in Loudonville set for 2 p.m.
Notes: Canisius
won at Marist for the second time in the last three seasons... Canisius has now
won 21 of its last 22 sets in regular-season conference play... Junior Sydney Palka had 28 assists while
freshman Grace Streicher had a
career-high 20 assists, the first time Canisius had two setters with 20 assists
in the same match since Oct. 27, 2007, against Loyola (Lauren Lackovich with 30
assists and Brittany Gerde with 23 assists)... Warner's 19 kills are the most by
a Golden Griffin this season...Sophomore Emily
Litwin had a season-high 12 digs, her second straight match with
double-digit digs... Good hit .400 or better for the 24th time in her
career... The
41 kills by the outside hitters were the most since Sept. 21, 2008, against
Marist when the Canisius outside hitters posted 45 kills in a five-set win.
