Women's Volleyball Suffers Setback Against USMMA

Kings Point, N.Y. — The St. Joseph's University, NY (Brooklyn) women's volleyball team dropped a straight-set road decision to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, 3-0 (25-9, 25-17, 25-13) in the Skyline Conference match on Wednesday evening.

How it Happened

The Bears (4-8, 3-2) trailed the first set after going down 3-0 to start, getting their first point on a USMMA (8-4, 5-1) attack error. Jillian McGinty (Glendale, N.Y./Queens Metropolitan), Kaitlyn Intondola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney), and Teuta Hoxha (Kew Gardens, N.Y. / Queens Metropolitan) all logged kills but the set ended 25-9 in favor of the Mariners.

The Bears took their first lead of the day to start out the second set with a kill by Martina Urgo (Astoria, N.Y./St. John's Prep). With USMMA leading 7-6 in a back and forth set, the hosts went on a seven point run to expand their lead. With the Mariners up 23-11, the Bears made one last push to close the gap thanks in large part to three kills, two from Hoxha, and a service ace by Intindola, before ultimately falling 25-17.

St. Joseph's quickly fell behind 1-5 in the third set. The team chipped away and kept things close with four kills from Urgo, never falling more than four points behind, 13-17. Unfortunately, USMMA went on to grab eight unanswered points to drop the final set 25-13 and the match 3-0.

For the Bears

• Urgo led the team with 6 kills, adding 11 digs.

• Hoxha earned 4 kills and a dig

• Carol Melo (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) brought up 13 digs

• McGinty finished with three kills and two digs

• Rachel Meltsin (Brooklyn, N.Y./James Madison) dished out 14 assists and had six digs.

• Intindola totaled four digs, a pair of kills, an assist, and the Bears' lone service ace.

Next Up

St. Joseph's will be at Farmingdale State College next Tuesday, October 11 at 7pm. Live stats and video will be available on SJBKathletics.com/live.