Elizabethtown, PA (9/27/03) – The Montclair State volleyball team closed out play at the Blue Jays Classic held at Elizabethtown College with a pair of losses on Saturday. MSU (4-19) lost to Ursinus College in the morning, 3-0, before falling in five games to Marywood College, 3-2. The Red Hawks have lost five straight..

Senior CARMEN ALVARADO (Newark, NJ/Barringer) led Montclair State with 10 kills in the loss to Ursinus (30-12, 30-24, 30-16). She also recorded two aces, two digs and three block solos.. Junior BROOKSHIELD LAURENT (East Orange, NJ/Marylawn Academy) added four kills kills while KELLY MCGUIRE (Upper Saddle River, NJ/No. Highlands) each collected seven digs in the match. Junior setter JENNIFER OLAN (Jersey City, NJ/McNair Academy) had 17 assists and a team-best eight digs.

Against Marywood, the Red Hawks had four different players reach double-figures in kills as Alvarado had 18, Laurent 17, freshman ASIA LIVINGSTON (Paterson, NJ/Passaic County Tech) 14 and McGuire 10. JOANA CORTEZ (Paterson, NJ/East Side) registered 13 digs with Olan posting a season-high 47 assists as MSU lost the first game 30-28, but rebounded to take Games 2-3, 30-23, 30-28. However, Marywood took the final two games, including a 15-11 decision in the fifth set.

The Red Hawks return to action on Tuesday, September 30th at defending NJAC champion Rowan University at 7:00 pm. Currently, Montclair is 1-3 in the conference.