JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Stockton University ranks in the top 10 in NCAA Division III in team hitting percentage and demonstrated why, hitting .522 as a team in a 3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-11) win over New Jersey City University in a New Jersey Athletic Conference match on October 17 at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center (Coach Charlie Brown Court).
 
Stockton (18-8, 5-2 NJAC), winners of eight of the last nine NJAC championships, won its 10th straight in the series by planting 42 kills and only six errors in 69 attempts. NJCU fell back to .500 (11-11, 1-6 NJAC) and hit .000 in the loss (17-17-66).
 
The Ospreys led wire to wire in the first and third sets and NJCU led just once in game two. The .522 percentage was a season high for Stockton, which owned an impressive 85 percent sideout rate for the match (29-34).
 
Stockton hit .462 in game one when it had 15 kills (15-3-26) and sided out 11-of-13 times (84 percent). It was errorless in game two, hitting .667 with 16 kills (16-0-24) and an 80 percent sideout rate (8-10). The Ospreys sided out 10-of-11 (90 percent) with 11 kills in the third game (11-3-19).
 
Junior right side Allie Desmond (Ellicott City, Md.) hit .769 with 10 kills in 13 swing with no errors. Freshman middle hitter Julie Kohlhoff (West Islip, N.Y.) was nearly perfect, hitting .900 (9-0-10) with nine kills and four blocks in two sets. Sophomore outside hitter Jocelyn Holobetz (Pottsville, Pa.) provided seven kills and a .455 percentage (7-2-11) with two blocks and senior right side Stephanie Kovacs (Allentown, Pa.) hit .600 with six kills (6-0-10). Freshman setter Emily Sullivan (Bridgewater, N.J.) and freshman setter Alice Brandt (Floral Park, N.Y.) combined for 21 assists.
 
Sophomore outside Georgina Rayo (Jersey City, NJ/McNair Academic) collected six digs and three kills in defeat for NJCU. Senior setter Rachel McIntyre (Drexel Hill, PA/Upper Darby) finished with eight assists and four digs.
 
OF NOTE:

• Series: 51st meeting. Stockton leads all-time, 46-5, and has won the last 10 meetings since 2008.
• Stockton's previous season high attack percentage was .462 vs. Utica on September 2.

 
UP NEXT:

• NJCU is home again on Thursday, October 19 at 6 p.m. when it hosts Baruch College in non-conference action. It will be the 11th meeting in a series Baruch leads, 8-2. Baruch (10-12) won last year, 3-1 (25-21, 25-17, 23-25, 25-8) on October 15, 2016 in a neutral match in Patchogue, N.Y.

 
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