New Jersey City University Athletics

 

 

JERSEY CITY, NJ…Freshman outside hitter JACQUELINE LeBLANC (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) smacked a match-high 16 kills and hit .433, and sophomore outside hitter GLORINELL PEREZ (Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth) added 11 digs and a season-high eight service aces as New Jersey City University won its 18^th consecutive home match, sweeping Lehman College, 30-15, 30-28, 30-12, in a non-conference contest at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center.

              

NJCU improves to 22-5 with its ninth consecutive victory, and its 18^th win in 19 matches. It is the second nine-match winning streak this season, and equals the second-longest such streak in program history. NJCU has not lost at home since 2003, and are a perfect 18-0 at home in the last two seasons. NJCU hit .329 as a team with 44 kills (44-16-85).

              

Lehman (10-15) drops its fifth straight match. NJCU leads the all-time series, which began in 1985, 14-8.

 

Sophomore middle blocker LIZZELLE CINTRON (Newark, NJ/Elizabeth) collected 12 total points, and broke the all-time career record for total points with 1600.0, eclipsing the mark of 1594.5 by Melissa Pablos (2000-03). It is the fifth career record she owns; additionally, Cintron is already the all-time leader in kills, total blocks, solo blocks, and assisted blocks.

 

However, for the first time in her 61-match career, Cintron did not reach double figures in kills. She GLORINELL PEREZ" src="/images/wvball/2005/10/20/10-15-05%20Glorinell%20Perez%2019.jpg" width=150 align=right border=0>finished with eight kills (8-4-17), four blocks, and three digs. Her previous low was 10 kills as a freshman. The 17 attack attempts were a season low, and the three digs a career low, as she was subbed out defensively.

 

LeBlanc reached double figures in kills for the ninth consecutive match, and the 18^th time in 25 contests to begin her career, landing 16 winners and only three errors in 30 attempts, good for a .433 rate. She added nine digs.

 

In addition to the 11 kills and eight aces, Perez hit .400 with five kills (5-1-10) and had two assisted blocks. Sophomore middle blocker MEAGAN ROBERTS (Union, NJ/Union) hit .385 with eight kills (8-3-13) and three blocks. Freshman outside hitter SARAH TORRES (Elizabeth, NJ/Science) tallied six kills.

 

Freshman setter SOFIA GUTIERREZ (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway) NATASHA BATISTA" src="/images/wvball/2005/10/20/10-15-05%20Natasha%20Batista%207.jpg" width=150 align=left border=0>delivered 24 assists, and sophomore setter NADIA DASILVA (Newark, NJ/Science) added 14 helpers.

 

Freshman opposite JUNIE JEAN-MARIE (Rahway, NJ/Rahway) and junior defensive specialist NATASHA BATISTA (Newark, NJ/North 13^th Street Tech) each contributed two service aces.

Junior middle blocker Kelloney Thompson (Bronx, NY/Bronx Community College) totaled 12 of Lehman’s 16 kills, and had three blocks for the Lightning.

 

NJCU returns to action on Saturday, October 22 at 12 p.m. in a non-conference home match against John Jay College.