Box Score NEW YORK – Freshman libero
Sue Riley roped a team season-high eight aces while adding 20 digs as Rutgers University-Newark rolled past SUNY Maritime, 3-0, in Riesenberg Hall Gym in Throggs Neck. Games scores were 25-21, 25-9, 25-9.
The Scarlet Raiders (14-9) got a match-high 13 points from sophomore right side
Tabitha Davis who contributed a team-high eight kills along with four aces and a pair of blocking assists. Freshman outside hitters
Sydney Tuman and
Samantha Renfree put down seven kills apiece for the Raiders.
Sophomore defensive specialist
Kathy Hormaza notched three of the Raiders' season-high 19 aces while adding 10 digs. Freshman setter
Karolina Kopacz dished out 24 assists and chipped in three aces, nine digs, a kill and a pair of blocking assists. Junior middle blocker
Sharee Gordon got in on five of Rutgers-Newark's six blocks while adding two kills.
Freshman outside hitter Shannon Brady registered a match-high 10 kills to pace the Privateers (8-11).
Maritime led on the first point of the match before the Raiders broke away from a 3-3 tie to dominate the rest of the match.
Rutgers-Newark is at the SUNY Cobleskill Tournament on Friday and Saturday before closing out the regular season with a crucial New Jersey Athletic Conference match at William Paterson on Tuesday. The Raiders face SUNYIT on Friday at 5 p.m. before squaring off against host Cobleskill at 7 o'clock. On Saturday, the Raiders play the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, an NJAC Championship Tournament berth is on the line when the Rutgers-Newark takes on William Paterson in the WPU Rec Center at 7 p.m. The winner advances to the league's 6-team post-season playoff.
