Volleyball
Cruises to 3-0 Victory Over NJIT |
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Junior Martina Wagner (Friedrichshafen, Germany) led three Blackbirds in double-figure kills with 23 and hit .487 for the match. As a team, LIU outhit the Highlanders .367 to .056. Playing in its first game since the new building opened in January, Long Island got off to a bit of a slow start as the Highlanders won the match’s first three points. The Blackbirds would respond, though, and with the game knotted at 15-15 they reeled off five consecutive points to take control and go on to a 30-25 win. Games two and three saw LIU use an effective service game to roll to the straight-set win. Junior Toni Perhat (Roviny, Croatia) tallied five of the Blackbirds’ eight aces and won 14 points with her left-handed serve. Classmate Shelby Heggie (Laramie, Wyo.) added 13 kills while freshman Svetlana Simic (Klek, Serbia) notched her third double-double of the season (11 kills, 11 digs). Kasha Hornstein had 10 kills for NJIT, who dropped to 2-4 on the season. LIU is back in action on Friday, Sept. 8 at the Harvard Invitational in Boston, Mass. as they take on Rutgers at 4:00 p.m.
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9/6/06 -- After
dropping three straight matches to nationally-ranked teams
over the weekend, the Long Island University volleyball team
(3-4) returned home and cruised to a 3-0 (30-25, 30-14, 30-18)
victory over NJIT on Wednesday evening in its first game at
the Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center.