Box Score UNION, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Kean University hit a remarkable .479 as a team, putting away 41 kills against just six errors in 73 attacks as the Cougars posted a 3-0 sweep of
New Jersey City University, 25-2, 25-21, 25-12, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference women's volleyball match on October 17 at Harwood Arena.
Team Stat Comparison |
| NJCU | KEAN |
Score | 0 | 3 |
Attack Percentage | -.028 (16-18-72) | .479 (41-6-73) |
Kills | 16 | 41 |
Assists | 16 | 41 |
Service Aces | 4 | 14 |
Digs | 23 | 34 |
Total Blocks | 0.0 | 8.0 |
Points | 20.0 | 63.0 |
Kean received a sensational individual effort from NJAC Player of the Year candidate
Kaitlyn Hansen, who put away 24 kills and hit .571 with only four errors (35 attempts). The 6-foot-1 senior middle hitter was unstoppable all-around, landing six service aces and three blocks (two solo).
Hansen had the most kills by an NJCU opponent since CCNY's
Dalliana Toussaint tallied 29 kills in five sets on October 22, 2011. Meanwhile, the 24 kills were the most by an opponent in a three-set match in recorded school history.
With its fourth straight win, Kean improved to 21-7 (5-2 NJAC). NJCU (6-19, 1-5 NJAC, lost six) was limited to -.028 hitting (16-18-72)—the sixth time this year an opponent has held NJCU's attacking percentage in the red.
In defeat, junior middle hitter
Jade Medley (Queens, NJ/Hudson Catholic) was NJCU's top offensive player, hitting .667 with six kills and no errors on nine attempts. Junior setter
Madelyn Leon (West New York, NJ/Memorial) finished with 14 assists. Senior libero
Cindy Garcia (West New York, NJ/Memorial) had a nice effort with four aces and seven digs.
Outside of
Hansen, no other Kean player had more than four kills.
Aysia Peterson hit .571 with four kills (4-0-7) and three blocks.
Alana Aranjo and
Nicollette Poveromo finished with 21 and 17 assists, respectively.
Aranjo had a .636 setting percentage (33 attempts) while
Poveromo had a .548 rate (31 attempts).
Kean never trailed in the first or third sets. The Cougars hit .667 in game one with 12 kills and no errors (18 attempts). Kean hit .393 in set two with 13 kills (13-2-28) and collected 16 kills in the final set, hitting .444 (16-4-27).
The Gothic Knights best performance came in set two when they hit .263 with eight kills (8-3-19). NJCU hit -.280 in the opening set with one kill against eight errors. In the first set, Kean scored 20 consecutive points behind the serving of
Alix Denison, who had four aces in the match, to claim a 23-1 lead.
NJCU challenged the Cougars in game two. After trailing 17-11, NJCU fought back to tie it at 18-18 and 19-19 on kills by
Leon and
Garcia and held a 20-19 advantage before
Hansen tied it with a kill and
Jen Espinal uncorked three consecutive aces for a 23-20 lead.
Hansen floored two kills to account for the final two points. Kean surged out to leads of 13-3 and 18-9 in the final set before completing the sweep.
NJCU will play two home matches this Saturday, October 19 at 12 and 2 p.m. when it hosts Delaware Valley College and King's College (Pa.) at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center.
—www.njcugothicknights.com—GAME NOTES: |
- Kean leads the all-time series, 31-7
- Hansen's 24 kills are the most by a conference opponent since William Paterson University's Lauren Shears had 26 kills in five sets on October 22, 2002 and she also had 24 kills in four sets on October 19, 2002.
- Kean's .479 percentage was the highest by an opponent since Richard Stockton College hit .481 (30 kills, 4 errors, 54 attempts) on October 9, 2012 in Galloway, NJ.
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