Women's Volleyball Sweeps Yeshiva and Old Westbury to End Season on Three-Game Win Streak

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y.—Capping their four-year careers on the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's volleyball team, Lauren GaNun (Breezy Point, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall) pounded 36 kills at a .421 clip and Anna Carbone (Ozone Park, N.Y./Mary Louis) dished out 50 assists with 30 digs leading the Lady Bears to a pair of straight-set Skyline Conference victories on Sunday afternoon over Yeshiva University and SUNY College at Old Westbury.

The Basics

Match 1 

• Final Score:  St. Joseph's 3, Yeshiva 0
• Set Scores: 25-11, 25-16, 25-7

Match 2

• Final Score:  St. Joseph's 3, Old Westbury 0
• Set Scores: 25-18, 25-9, 25-9

• Records: St. Joseph's (10-12, 4-6 Skyline), Yeshiva (2-16, 1-9 Skyline), Old Westbury (6-18, 3-7 Skyline)
• Location: Old Westbury, N.Y.
• Arena: Clark Athletic Center

How It Happened vs. Yeshiva

• The Lady Bears overwhelmed Yeshiva with a season second-best .337 hitting percentage racking up 40 kills against only five errors. It was the first time this season reaching 40 kills in a three-set affair.
• GaNun led four Lady Bears with six kills or more, hammering 15 kills at a staggering .441 hitting percentage with no errors, also dominating the net with five solo blocks.
• Samantha Rossi matched a career-high seven kills, also committing no errors, for a .368 hitting and paired it with 10 digs.
• Anna Carbone registered her 12th double-double of the season dishing out 26 assists with 10 digs and added six kills to the attack.
• Nina DiCioccio logged eight kills at a .312 clip
• Samantha Cacace anchored the defense with a match-high-tying 16 digs and served up five aces.
• Gavriela Colton landed six kills to lead the Maccabees.

How It Happened vs. Old Westbury

• St. Joseph's raced out to 4-0, 7-0 and 5-0 leads to open all three sets and never trailed in the straight-set victory.
• GaNun was efficient once again, slaying 21 kills against only one miscue for a .408 hitting percentage. She also had 10 digs and four blocks on the defensive end for her eighth double-double of the season.
• Carbone handed out 24 assists and led the defense with 20 digs, recording her 13th double-double of the season. The senior also had five kills and two blocks.
• Rossi had 12 digs and Cacace had 10 digs rounding out four Lady Bears with double-digit digs that combined for 70 on the contest and held Old Westbury to a -.055 hitting percentage.
• Brittany Buchanan had five kills to pace the Panthers.

The Bear Facts

• The Lady Bears have won all nine meetings against their former Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rivals Yeshiva in a series that dates back to 2008.
• St. Joseph's has now won two in a row against Old Westbury and improves to 5-3 all-time.
• The three-game winning streak is the Lady Bears longest of the season.
• St. Joseph's finishes in seventh place in their inaugural Skyline season, just one game out of the sixth-and-final playoff spot.

Rewriting the Record Books

• GaNun completes her career as the all-time Lady Bear leader in attack attempts (3147) and block assists (65); second in kills (1156), kills per set (3.88), solo blocks (105), total blocks (170), points (1373.5) and points per set (4.6).
• Carbone closes our her career as the all-time Lady Bear leader in digs (1134)—291 ahead of 2nd place—and fourth in assists (682) and assists per set (2.3).