Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State volleyball team hosts Mount St. Mary and Brooklyn College in a non-conference tri-match Saturday.
GAME INFO
Montclair State will battle Mount St. Mary at 11 am before taking on Brooklyn College at 3 pm. The other two sides will meet at 1 pm, with live stats and video links on montclairathletics.com. Video can also be found on the Red Hawk Sports Network YouTube Channel.
LAST TIME OUT
The Red Hawks (5-8, 1-3 NJAC) fell to Stockton 3-0 in New Jersey Athletic Conference action Tuesday.
LEAH HIGGINS paced Montclair State with 10 kills, while
EMMA HATCHER notched a team-high 15 digs in the setback.
TEAM LEADERS
Montclair State
Kills:
LEAH HIGGINS, 174
Assists:
DELANEY ST. PIERRE, 267
Aces:
EMMA HATCHER, 18
Digs:
KATIE RODMAN, 157
Blocks:
GIANNA ARIAS, 39
Mount St. Mary
Kills: Grace Riddle, 185
Assists: Fran Cammarata, 302
Aces: Erin Lema, 23
Digs: Grace Riddle, 144
Blocks: Brooke Lavelle, 15
Brooklyn
Kills: Tessa Winkleman, 122
Assists: Amra Mulic, 234
Aces: Amra Mulic, 36
Digs: Zoey Van Vleet, 182
Blocks: Chidera Nwaghanata, 23
SCOUTING MOUNT ST. MARY
The Knights are 7-5 on the year, including a 2-1 mark within the Skyline Conference. They had their six-match winning streak capped by Farmingdale State Tuesday night, dropping a 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 decision to the Rams.
SCOUTING BROOKLYN
The Bulldogs enter the tri-match with a 7-7 mark. They battled fellow NJAC school NJCU Thursday in their last match, falling 3-0 to the Gothic Knights.
SERIES HISTORY
Montclair State is 3-0 all-time against Mount St. Mary, notching 3-0 wins in 2017 and 2019 before picking up a four-set triumph in 2021. MSU has won five of six against Brooklyn, with their lone setback coming in 2010
LAST MEETING
Montclair knocked off Mount St. Mary 3-1 on October 16, 2021.
LEAH HIGGINS hit .571 (12-0-21) as
CARLY WATERMAN tallied a team-best 10 digs. In the last meeting against Brooklyn on September 24, 2016, Montclair notched a 3-0 victory. Melissa Terpstra added 10 kills as Ashley Griffith handed out 12 assists.
UP NEXT
The Red Hawks host NJCU in New Jersey Athletic Conference play Tuesday at 7 pm.
