The Canisius College volleyball team continued its perfect start to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play with a four-set win at Manhattan College on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Griffins won 25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 26-24 to win their seventh straight match and maintain first place in the MAAC standings with a 6-0 record while improving to 9-7 overall.

Junior Emily Elek had her third double-double of the season with 13 kills and 21 digs. Senior Samantha Good had 11 kills and 10 blocks, becoming the ninth player in program history with 1,000 career kills. Junior Sydney Palka had her second double-double of the season with a career-high 45 assists and 14 digs. Senior Allyson Severyn had 23 digs while senior Logan Sulongga had 11 kills and a career-high six blocks as Canisius had 15.5 blocks on the day.

"Our formula to being successful is getting contributions from a number of players. Today was no different as all 12 players who were on the court contributed at some point to this win," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "Manhattan has been playing really well, so this is another good road win for our team.

"I'm proud of how our team handled these road matches at the start of our conference schedule, and it is great to come home for a large part of the next few weeks."

Manhattan pulled away late in the second set, winning four straight points to turn an 18-18 tie into a 22-18 advantage and eventually even the match at one set apiece. The teams went back and forth in the third set, with Manhattan tying the score at 22-22. The Griffs had two set points at 24-22, but Manhattan fought off both. The Griffs earned their third set point after a Manhattan error and would go on to win the set on another Manhattan error.

Manhattan (9-9, 4-3 MAAC) wouldn't go quietly in the fourth set as Canisius held a 22-19 lead before the Jaspers won three straight points to knot the score at 22-22. After trading sideouts, the Jaspers earned a set point at 24-23 but a kill from Palka evened it at 24-24. After a kill from junior Roxanne Hernandez, the Griffs won the match on a service ace from Good.

Mariana Furquim had a double-double for the Jaspers with 15 kills and 15 digs. Malia McGuinness also had a double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs. Jamie Collareta had 44 assists while Kelsey Huntoon had 30 digs.

Canisius returns home to play five of its next six matches in the Koessler Athletic Center. The Golden Griffins begin that stretch on Saturday, when they host rival Niagara University. Match time in that Battle of the Bridge contest is set for 2 p.m.

Notes: Canisius has won 12 straight regular-season matches against conference opponents and 36 of a possible 39 sets... Canisius defeated Manhattan for the sixth time in the last seven meetings... Canisius is now 31-16 in MAAC play since 2006 when recording 10 or more blocks... Canisius improves to 6-1 in sets with extra points this season... The 15.5 blocks for Canisius were the most since the Griffs had 17 against Loyola in the 2010 MAAC Championship... Sophomore Emily Litwin matched her season-high with 12 digs... Palka has at least 30 assists in five straight matches... Good has double-digit kills in all seven career matches against Manhattan and has 42 career blocks against the Jaspers... The match featured 34 ties and 14 lead changes.