Volleyball Climbs Over Green Mountain, Falls to Salve Regina

Patchogue, N.Y. — The Lady Golden Eagles (1-3) ended Saturday's tri-match on a high note after defeating the visiting Green Mountain College Eagles (1-3) in a three game sweep.  St. Joseph's fell earlier that morning to Salve Regina (5-0), who ultimately finished the day undefeated.

The Golden Eagles began the morning confident and focused, quickly gaining a 10-6 lead over Salve Regina in the opening plays of the day.  That lead would be their last of the match however as the visiting team seemed to finally get in their groove, easily gaining an advantage and maintaining the lead to win three quick sets and subsequently, the first match.

Despite the loss, SJC put up some solid numbers as Julianne Tierney (Bethpage, N.Y./ Bethpage) set 19 assists and tallied nine digs.  Heather Ferchland (Selden, N.Y./ Centereach) dominated the floor with seven kills and eight digs while Melissa Garibaldi (Seaford, N.Y./ Island Trees) also finished the match with seven kills in addition to six digs.

By the afternoon the Lady Eagles were awake and ready to play, refusing to give the visiting Green Mountain team a chance to take a breath.  Keeping their errors to a minimum and slamming down a total of 28 kills as a team, SJC took this match with ease winning three quick sets in a row.

Kiersten Richenberg (Byron, N.Y./ Byron-Bergen) logged 20 assists for this match while Tiffany Willms (Centereach, N.Y./ Centereach) and Anne Marie Taggart (Wading River, N.Y./ Shoreham) had six kills each; Willms also expertly shot five service aces across the court.

The Lady Golden Eagles will travel to the Bronx for a 7 p.m. match against the Lehman College Lightning on Tuesday.