ALBANY, New York - The third-seeded Marist volleyball team fell in the quarterfinals against sixth-seeded Quinnipiac, 3-2, in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Championship quarterfinal round Friday night. The Bobcats won by scores of 25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25 and 15-10. 
 
Marist ends the season with an overall record of 17-13 .The Bobcats improve to 11-17 and move on to the MAAC semifinals, where they will play #2 Rider.
 

Summary

• Marist led 9-5 in the first set, due to five kills from Sasha van der Merwe. The Bobcats then responded, going on a 7-1 run to take a 12-10 lead in the first. Marist tied the set at 12-12, and battled with the Bobcats to then tie again at 20-20. Quinnipiac scored five straight points soon after to conclude the first set at 25-21. 
• In a competitive second set, Marist re-claimed the lead at 14-12, as Jordan Newblatt shined in attacks that helped Marist win with a final score of 25-23. 
• Leading into the third set, the Bobcats held a strict lead 19-16 and kept it for the rest of the set to finish with a final score of 25-21 and force set four.
• With neither team taking more than a three-point lead in the frame. Marist fought to secure a scrappy win of 25-23 and sent the match to a decisive fifth set.
• With the fifth set left to be the deciding factor, Quinnipiac went on an 8-2 run. Unfortunately, the Red Foxes could not respond and lost with a final score of 15-10.

 
The Bobcats won back the serve multiple times to maintain their slim late leads, owning a .283 side-out percentage to Marist's mark of .206 The Bobcats held the advantage in kills, digs and assists in the match. 
 

Stats

• Newblatt led the Red Foxes with 24 kills and added 15 digs.
• van der Merwe had a match-high of 20 kills. Gabriella Heimbauer added 19 and hit .250.
• Morgan Owens had a match-high 23 digs, while senior setter McKinley Fox gave a match-high of 54 assists.
• Marist had five aces and five service errors; Quinnipiac had nine aces and nine service errors.
• Nicole Legg had 14 kills and hit .500 for the Bobcats. 

 

Final Note

Thank you to our seniors, for everything they have done for the program throughout their four years as Red Foxes. This group provided incredible leadership on and off the court and has done outstanding work in the classroom.
 
To our fans, thank you for your support throughout the entire season.