Women’s Volleyball Upsets Rider On Senior Day To Close Out Regular Season

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Women's volleyball beat Rider University (3-2) at home on Senior Day in the final match of the regular season. 
 
Game Notes vs. Rider:

• The Peacocks (8-24, 5-13 MAAC), earned their second win in a row, this one coming against the Broncs.
• The match went to five sets on Saturday afternoon, (25-23) (15-25) (17-25) (25-19) (15-11). 
• The Peacocks lost back-to-back sets in the second and third.
• The team powered through to win the fourth set (25-19) forcing a fifth set.
• In the deciding set, the Peacocks finished the match winning (15-11) to earn the win in their last game of the season. 

Inside the Numbers:

• The Peacocks had two players record a double double. 
• Karen Ramiu recorded her eighth double double of the season.
• She recorded her season high in kills, finishing with 25, while adding 22 digs.
• Angeleyshka Curbelo had 13 kills and seven digs in the match. 
• Angelee Ng was shy of a double double finishing with 29 assists and 9 digs.
• Wildalys Soto was right behind Ng finishing with 22 assists. 
• Alexus Sharp added six kills and four digs.
• Karla Seda finished with 18 digs and Alanis Alvarado added 16 digs for the Peacocks. 

Coach's Quotes- Amable Martinez:

• "We played a great team game today."
• "We dealt with lots of adversity today while facing the hottest team in the conference."
• "This is a great way to go into the postseason in Orlando."
• "As young team it is great to see the growth we've had this season"
• "We had a standout performance from Karen Ramiu in all facets of the game and great to see Angeleyshka Curbelo stepping up in the last two sets to help us get today's win." 

Up Next: 

• The Peacocks will play in the MAAC Championships in Orlando, Florida next week.

• The first match will be played on Thursday, November 15.
• The time is still to be determined.