The Misericordia University women's volleyball team split a tri-match on a historic for senior setter Jenna Schuda.

The Cougars claimed a five-set win over New Paltz in the opener, but dropped the nightcap to William Paterson, 3-0.

Schuda had 17 assists against Paterson to become MU's all-time leader with 3,161 assists.

Keira McCaffrey turned a dominant performance against New Paltz with 10 kills, six blocks and four aces in the 25-10, 22-25, 25-13, 20-25, 15-12 win.

Schuda had 29 assists and 15 digs as did Maggie Duda.

The Cougars raced out to an 8-0 lead and were never challenged in the opening set.

New Paltz rallied from a 22-20 deficit to score five straight points to win the second set.

MU broke open a close game with an 11-2 run to close the third set.

After New Paltz stayed alive, the Cougars broke a 12-12 tie in the finale with three straight points, including an ace by Meghan Peters and a kill by Cassandra Genduso to cap the win.

The Cougars dropped the finale, 25-22, 25-23, 25-13.

In addition to Schuda's 17 assists, McCaffrey had eight kills and three aces and Duda had 15 digs.

Paterson jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the opening set, but the Cougars clawed back as Peters and Genduso sandwiched kills around Schuda's ace to get within 20-18.

McCaffrey's kill and a Paterson error cut the margin to 24-22, but an MU error ended the set.

The Cougars took a 19-16 lead on another kill from McCaffrey, but Paterson responded with seven straight points on the way to a 25-23 win.

The Pioneers used a 10-0 to take a 17-5 lead in the closing set.