Women's Volleyball Splits on Saturday

When and where

September 23, 2023 – Patchogue, NY

The St. Joseph's University-New York (L.I.) women's volleyball team split a pair of non-conference matches in the Danzi Center on Saturday afternoon. After falling to Buffalo State 3-0, the Golden Eagles bounced back for a 3-0 sweep over Baruch College.

Records

St. Joseph's 4-4, Buffalo St. 8-6

Top Performers

• Senior Madison Gremli led the Golden Eagles with seven kills while adding five digs

• Freshman Nina Vanderhoof pitched in with six kills 

• Setter Katie D'Angelo tossed 18 assists and scooped up nine digs

How it happened

• A slow start in set one proved difficult for the Golden Eagles to overcome. The Bengals claimed the first six points and kept their distance from SJLI with a 25-14 win

• St. Joseph's held a slight lead early in set two, 7-5, but seven unanswered points in favor of Buffalo put the visitors in a lead that they would hold onto throughout the set for a 25-12 win

• The Bengals completed the sweep with a 25-18 win in set three

Records

St. Joseph's 5-4, Baruch 4-5

Top Performers

• Gremli finished with a match-high 111 kills while recording 13 digs and three aces

• Junior Jackie Wolf added six kills and a match-best 13 digs

• Setter Barrera Carreno tossed a match-high 30 assists while recording four digs and two aces

How it happened

• The Golden Eagles led wire-to-wire in set one cruising to a 25-10 win

• A back-and-forth battle followed in set two, but with the teams tied at 20, St. Joseph's took advantage of back-to-back Baruch errors and a kill from Vanderhoof moved the score to 23-20. After an exchange of points, a kill from Gremli closed the set at 25-23

• SJLI jumped to an 11-2 lead in set three and for most of the set held a double-digit lead and capped off the sweep with a 25-12 win

Up next

The Golden Eagles return to Skyline play on Tuesday, September 26 when they travel to face USMMA at 7:00 pm.