Volleyball rolls to 3-0 triumph over Fairleigh Dickinson

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10/30/04 -- Junior Lizelle Jackson (Palmdale, Calif.) led a game-one surge and sophomore Dana Demayo (Ra’anana, Israel) pounded 15 kills for Long Island, which made it three straight victories with a 3-0 (30-14, 30-25, 30-17) Northeast Conference win over Fairleigh Dickinson at Schwartz Center.

Jackson went on a tear in game one with six kills over nine errorless attacks to help the Blackbirds (24-6, 2-1 NEC) notch a .567 hitting percentage, thanks to 19 kills and just two errors. The Knights (8-15, 2-3) were held to a .125 percentage in that game.

Demayo continued her solid play with 15 kills and just four errors with a .393 percentage for LIU, which finished with a 60-34 kills edge and a .417 percentage. Senior Cristina Pintilie (Cluj Napoca, Romania) ended with 13 kills for a .391 percentage, Jackson had 11 kills, 11 digs and a .417 percentage, and junior Melanie Fleig (Villingen, Germany) contributed 11 kills.

Senior Ivana Vasiljevic (Brcko, Bosnia & Herzegovina) closed with 36 assists and nine digs, boosting her career digs total to 1,266. That places her just nine in back of Loressa Berona (1999-2002) of tying the school’s career mark.

Elena Schmidt paced FDU with 14 kills, Sharon Becker totaled 10 and 10 digs, and Ruth Levy dished 12 assists.

LIU ties the longest home winning streak in school history with seven, equaling the mark from 2002. It also is 7-0 at Schwartz Center this season, moving within two victories of its most in one season set in 2000.

The Blackbirds return home Monday to host local-rival St. Francis (NY), beginning at 7:00 pm.