Misericordia University Athletics

The Misericordia University women's volleyball team swept a tri-match with Nazareth at Montclair, Saturday.
 
The Cougars swept Nazareth and held on for a 3-2 win over Montclair.
 
In the opener, Jennifer Nicometo and Cassandra Genduso had nine kills each and Keira McCaffrey had eight kills and five aces.
 
Genduso had four aces and Isabella Lutter added five aces.
 
Taylor Marsh had a team-high five blocks and Olivia Conza had 19 assists.
 
Lutter had two aces in a 6-0 run as the Cougars took a 14-6 lead in the opening set.
 
McCaffrey had three kills to stretch the lead to 21-11.
 
Nazareth pulled within 21-17, but McCaffrey had an ace and Lutter closed out the 25-20 win with  a kill.
 
Genduso and Nicometo combined for seven kills as the Cougars scored the first 15 points of the second set on the way to a 25-12 win.
 
McCaffrey had three aces to key a 6-0 run to give MU an 11-6 lead in the third set.
 
McCaffrey had another to cap an 8-2 run and close out another 25-12 win in the finale.
 
Nicometo had 15 kills against Montclair and McCaffrey had 12 kills, nine blocks and three aces.  Genduso had 12 kills.
 
Conza had 35 assists and Maggie Duda had 15 digs and three aces.
 
Lutter had a team-high16 digs.
 
Genduso had an ace and a kill as the Cougars scored the last four points to win the opening set, 25-23.
 
Nicometo and McCaffrey had aces as part of a 7-2 run to break an 18-18 tie in a 25-20 win in the second set.
 
Montclair rallied in the third and fourth sets by identical 25-23 scores.
 
Down 14-12, MU took advantage of a Montclair service error to stay alive and Duda followed with an ace to pull even, 14-14.
 
Three straight Montclair attack errors, including a solo block by McCaffrey, to clinched a 17-15 win in the finale.