LEWISBURG, PA - The Saint Peter's women's volleyball team concluded their first tournament of the season at the Bucknell Invitational. The team beat NJIT (23-25, 25-17, 25-22, 21-25,15-13) but fell to host Bucknell University (23-25, 25-18, 20-25,10-25) on Saturday.
Game Notes vs. Bucknell:
- The Peacocks (0-2) came up short in their second game of the season against Bucknell University
- The teams went head to head in the first set but Saint Peter's came up short and lost (23-25).
- In the second set, the Peacocks pulled through to win their first set of the season (25-18).
- Bucknell pulled out wins in the last two sets to give them the 3-1 win.
Game Notes vs. NJIT:
- The Peacocks (1-2), ended a two-year drought, defeating NJIT in the last match of the tournament.
- The Peacocks dropped the first set but then pulled out a win in the second (25-17) and third sets (25-22).
- NJIT forced a fifth set by taking set four.
- In the deciding set, the Peacocks closed it out with a 15-13 nail biter.
Inside the Numbers:
- The Peacocks had two players record double-digits digs against Bucknell, Karla Seda (16) and Angelee Ng (14).
- Freshman Alanis Alvarado led the team with 11.5 points and a team high nine kills, followed by Alexus Sharp with 10.5 points against Bucknell.
- Alvarado notched a career high of 21 kills and 29 digs against NJIT for her first career 20/20 and second career double-double.
- Following Alvarado in digs was sophomore Seda (20)
- Freshman Angelee Ng set up 41 attacks for the Peacocks.
- The victory was the first career win for second year head coach Amable Martinez.
- This was the Peacocks first win since November 8th, 2015 when the team defeated Quinnipiac (3-1).
- Alanis Alvarado was picked to the All-Tournament team as well as Margaux Thompson (YSU), Aleah Hughes (YSU), Alexia Byrnes (YSU), Mimi Richards (Bucknell), Alexa Bonanno (Bucknell), and Adriana Nieto (NJIT).
Coach's Quotes - Amable Martinez
- "I'm so happy for our program to finally get a win, especially our upperclassmen that had worked extremely hard with nothing to show for it."
- "We battled and grew up a lot today. It started with us playing well against a tough Bucknell team, and that led us to battle it out and get a five set win versus NJIT. It took all we had to finish it but got the job done."
- "Upperclassmen stepped up like Kali Viles with great contributions from sophomores Natalia Carbonell Torres at the net and Karla Seda on defense. We had huge games from our freshmen: Angelee Ng running our offense, Andrea Lombeyda with defense and serve/receive from Angeleyshka Curbelo and All-Tournament Alanis Alvarado with very good all around matches."
Up Next:
- The Peacocks hit the road for four matches this week.
- First, they head to Easton, PA on Monday, August 27th for two matches; first up will be Lehigh University at 3:00 p.m followed by Lafayette College at 7:00 p.m.
- After the PA trip, the Peacocks will head south to Baltimore to face Morgan State and Coppin State on Wednesday, August 29.
