New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score LA PLUME, PA (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Host Keystone College had a 36-16 advantage in kills and swept New Jersey City University, 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-18) in the final match of three at the Keystone College Quad on September 28.
 
NJCU (5-11) finished the three-match event 1-2. Keystone, in the second-ever meeting between the schools, improved to 9-7.
 
In defeat, junior opposite ASHLEY LATUSHKO (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) was chosen to the Keystone Quad All-Tournament Team.
 
But the Knights had no answer for Keystone outside hitter Hannah Zuchowski, who was named Most Valuable Player of the Quad, after pounding out 17 kills for a .467 attack percentage (17-3-30) in three sets, adding four service aces. She had more kills individually than NJCU as a squad. Shelby Morgan finished with nine kills (9-4-22, .227) and seven digs. No other KC player had more than three kills.
 
Carol Mosier dished a double-double of 29 assists and 12 digs with four aces. Anya Cerniglia provided 12 digs and five aces as the Giants landed 17 in the three sets. Danielle Cedeno defended 16 digs.
 
NJCU did not have more than four kills individually. Junior middle hitter JADE MEDLEY (Queens, NJ/Hudson Catholic) had the best performance, finishing with five blocks (four assisted) and four kills.
 
Latushko defended seven digs. Junior setter MADELYN LEON (West New York, NJ/Memorial) totaled 11 assists and seven digs. Junior outside hitter MARISSA SCARPA (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) finished with seven digs and four kills.
 
KC led from start to finish in set one when the hosts held a 14-3 margin in kills. The hosts led 17-6 before cruising to the 25-12 win. Zuchowski had six kills in the period.
 
The Giants hit .417 as a team in game two, putting away a dozen winners (12-2-24). NJCU had nine kills in the period. Zuchowski again tallied six kills as Keystone pulled in front, 17-6, for the second game in a row and eventually won by the same score, 25-12.
 
NJCU trailed 15-8 in the third set before rallying with a 7-2 run to make it a two-point deficit, 17-15. But KC answered with a 7-2 spurt of its own, with Zuchowski landing back-to-back aces for a 23-17 lead, as the Giants concluded the three-set win, 25-18.
 
NJCU is off until Thursday, October 3 at 7 p.m. when it faces Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ in a New Jersey Athletic Conference match.

ALL-QUAD ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Name	School
Hannah Zuchowski	Keystone	MVP
Marissa Mallory	Wilkes	Libero
Jessie Haines	Keystone
Casey Bohan	Wilkes
Janet Tonyan	SLU
ASHLEY LATUSHKO	NJCU
Ally Paskas	Wilkes