EASTON, PA – After dueling for five sets, the Saint Peter's University women's volleyball team came up just shy of a win at Lafayette College on Tuesday night. The Peacocks suffered a close 2-3 (25-21, 21-25, 17-25, 25-23, 9-15) defeat to the Leopards in the match.
Match Notes
- The matched swayed in Saint Peter's favor early with the visitors taking a 7-3 lead.
- The lead fluctuated between the squads until the Peacocks' late 9-2 run charged by a trio of kills by Stephanie Rivera, Alanis Alvarado, and Angeleyshka Curbelo helped put Saint Peter's ahead 21-19.
- Eventually, four consecutive errors by Lafayette would give Saint Peter's the 25-21 first set.
- The Leopards took the two middle sets, 25-21 and 25-17, to go ahead in the match 2-1.
- Needing a rally, Saint Peter's responded in a wild fourth set.
- Neither squad gained an advantage larger than two points all the way up until an attack error by Lafayette put the Peacocks ahead 23-20.
- Needing two points to win the set, Alvarado connected on two kills to seal the victory and force a winner take all fifth set.
- Alvarado picked back up where she left off, putting down two kills to help put Saint Peter's ahead 3-0 to begin the fifth.
- The two teams continued to go back and forth, and after falling behind 9-11, the Peacocks let the match slip away by giving up four straight points for a final tally of 9-15.
Inside the Numbers
- The seesaw match ended with 33 total ties and 13 total lead changes.
- Alvarado recorded her team-leading sixth double-double of the season (21 kills, 13 digs), while Curbelo recorded her second on the year (15 kills, 12 digs).
- The 36 combined kills by the two are the most in a match by a Peacock duo this season.
- Wildalys Soto was one assists short of her career-high after leading all-setters with 40 assists.
- On the block, Saint Peter's combined for a season-best 14 block assists and the team blocked a total of 7.0 attacks on the night.
- On defense, Karla Seda made 31 digs to lead the Peacocks.
Coach's Quotes – Joe Chojnacki
- "Overall, I thought we played very well. Our energy and communication was really good tonight."
- "Angeleyshka Curbelo played fantastic on the outside and Karla Seda had another great defensive night."
- "If we put this effort in every match, I think we're going to be a tough team to beat in the conference."
Up Next
- Saint Peter's MAAC ledger resumes this weekend with a pair of home contests.
- On Saturday, the Peacocks host Marist at 1 p.m. and on Sunday, the team welcomes Siena at 1 p.m.
