Volleyball
Captures 3-2 Victory over Northern
Colorado; Jackson Named Most Valuable Player
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Score - Iona at Long Island) Ivana Vasiljevic (Brcko, Bosnia & Herzegovina) logged 55 assists and 15 digs. Senior Adela Igniska (Baia Mare, Romania) and junior Alexis Reed (Burtonsville, Md.) added 10 kills and 15 digs, respectively. The Blackbirds (10-10) posted a 30-28 victory in the first game, recording the final point off a Bears attack error. The teams traded kills and errors in the closing points of the second frame. A set error by LIU gave UNC a 31-30 advantage and they closed out the match on a kill from Dani Veal. The third game was again a race to the finish. Wagner notched the Blackbirds’ final two points to seal the 30-28 triumph. More of the same in the fourth set as LIU pushed out, 10-5, following a kill by Wagner. The Bears tied the contest at 21-21 and preceded to run off six consecutive points and built a comfortable lead to force the deciding fifth game. LIU got an early advantage in game five, running out to a 6-3 lead behind a service ace and kill from Jade Gold and a pair of kills from Jackson. With an 8-5 score, the teams switched sides and kills from Vasiljevic and Jackson gave the Blackbirds their largest lead (10-5). Consecutive kills by Amanda Wiggins and an LIU attack error pulled the Bears to 14-11. Wagner, however, closed the match and sealed the victory- the fourth straight- for the Blackbirds on the next play. LIU went 4-0 in the two-day event, besting Iona in three games earlier in the day. Wagner had a double-double with 15 kills and 12 digs. In the first contest of the day, Florida Atlantic - coming off its first defeat of the season last night at the hands of the Blackbirds - dropped Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in four games. Justine Petry paced the Owls with 21 kills and eight blocks. The Islanders’ Kati Broom notched a double-double (14 kills, 16 digs) in a losing effort. Northern Colorado won its third straight match of the tournament with a 3-1 victory over Florida Atlantic. Five players had double-figure kills for the Bears, topped by all-tournament team selection Lizzy Rhoads (16). The Owls’ Kelly Paiva, also an all-tournament team member, tallied a weekend-best 30 kills in the loss. Led by 28 kills from Miki Hogg, Iona upended Texas A&M-CC for its first win of the tournament. Kati Broom and Lauren Paslay each had 17 kills for the Islanders in defeat. LIU is in action on Saturday, Oct. 1 at home against the nationally-ranked Cardinals of Louisville. The match is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start.
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10/1/05 -- Senior Lizelle Jackson (Palmdale, Calif.) had 27 kills and a
season-best 27 digs and sophomore Martina Wagner (Germany) had
a career-high
26 kills and 21 digs to lead Long Island University to a thrilling,
five-game win over Northern Colorado (30-28, 30-32, 30-28, 25-30,
15-11) Saturday night at Schwartz Center in the closing contest
of the Courtyard by Marriott Classic.