JERSEY CITY, New Jersey – The Red Foxes bounced back from their first Metro Atlantic Conference loss Wednesday to take a 3-0 victory over Saint Peter's.
Nikki DeSerpa came up clutch throughout the match, landing a string of kills to close sets one and three. The junior finished with 18 kills.
Marist started the first set slow, falling behind 13-7. A couple of kills and errors in the Red Foxes' favor made it a one-point set at 13-12. The set remained close the rest of the way until DeSerpa rattled off four consecutive kills to take the 25-22 win.
Saint Peters took another early lead in set two but allowed Marist to stay in it thanks to errors on their part. A service ace from
Madelyn Waumans gave Marist its first lead at 10-9. Neither team would be able to take any command of the match until a Peacock service error gave the ball back to Marist to serve at 23-21. Kills from
Megan Fergus and DeSerpa closed the set at 25-22.
The Red Foxes started set three down but used a 5-0 run to take a 7-5 lead. The two teams remained even up until it reached 19 all and the Red Foxes scored six unanswered points. DeSerpa had four kills during that run.
- Sarah Austin was second on the team in kills with eight.
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Taylor van der Biezen surpassed her career high in kills with four.
- van der Biezen also surpassed Leigh Shillington for seventh all time in career assists,
- Marist finished with a .252 hitting percentage compared to Saint Peter's .135
- Both Fergus and
Skylar Harrison had three blocks.
The Red Foxes will stay in New Jersey and face Rider at 1 pm.
