New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score LA PLUME, PA (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | In the second meeting in a week between two schools that had never previously squared off in their histories, New Jersey City University saw balanced contributions from 16 players and swept Sarah Lawrence College, 3-0 (25-18. 25-19, 25-8), in the opening match of three at the Keystone College Quad on September 28.
 
NJCU's win is its fifth of the year (5-9) while SLC falls to 2-12. NJCU hit .236 as a team (31-14-72) with a 31-13 advantage in kills. The Gryphons were limited to -.104 attacking (13-20-67).
 
NJCU never trailed in the first set and led the entire third game. Junior middle hitter JADE MEDLEY (Queens, NJ/Hudson Catholic) hit .600, putting away six kills without an error (10 attempts) to pace the Knights. She added two blocks.
 
Junior outside hitter MARISSA SCARPA (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) led the team with seven kills (.200, 7-4-15) and five digs. Sophomore setter SINIA AMANONCE (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep) had nine assists in two sets and junior setter MADELYN LEON (West New York, NJ/Memorial) tallied seven assists in one game.
 
Freshman defensive specialist JESSICA PEREZ (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) landed four aces while junior opposite ASHLEY LATUSHKO (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) chipped in three aces.
 
No Gryphon had more than four kills. Jenai Richards was the most accurate with four kills against one error (.250, 12 attempts). Janet Tonyan had seven assists and two aces.
 
In the opening set, SLC hit -.130 (5-8-23). NJCU only had eight kills but it was enough as the Knights jumped out to a 20-8 lead. When SLC used an 8-2 run to pull within four (22-18), the Knights notched the final three points to seal the game.
 
Offensively, NJCU began to put it together in the second set, slugging 12 kills for a .333 percentage (12-4-24). Despite seven ties and a pair of early lead changes, the Knights began to pull away midway through the period after back-to-back kills by Scarpa and Medley made it 16-13. NJCU scored five of the final six points of the set to clinch it.
 
In game three, NJCU surged out to a 12-0 advantage, extending the differential to an incredible 17-1 before running away with the game, 25-8.  NJCU hit .348 with 11 winners (11-3-23) in the set while SLC had a -.188 attack rate.