Ivana Vasiljevic breaks school digs record and Volleyball sets home victories mark in 3-0 triumph over Sacred Heart |
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Vasiljevic ended with nine digs and has 1,282 career, breaking the mark previously held by Loressa Berona (1999-2002) with 1,275. The two-time All-NEC selection also closed today with 42 assists, raising her school-record total to an astounding 4,233. The victory also gives LIU (27-6, 5-1 NEC) a 10-0 home record, breaking the school mark for most wins at Schwartz Center set in 2000, and an unprecedented perfect mark here. The win enabled the Blackbirds to clinch a trip to the NEC Tournament for the third straight season. Senior Cristina Pintilie (Cluj Napoca, Romania), also playing in her last home match, could not be stopped in game one with seven kills over eight errorless attacks. LIU pounded 24 kills in that game with a .556 hitting percentage vs. 16 and .375 for Sacred Heart (5-18, 3-2).
Sophomore Dana Demayo (Ra’anana, Israel) closed with 12 kills and 12 digs, marking her 22nd double-double this season and 34th career. Junior Lizelle Jackson (Palmdale, Calif.) ended with 12 kills, 11 digs and a .407 percentage for her 12th double-double this year. Samantha McMillan dished 20 assists and Michelle Clarke had 11 for the Pioneers. LIU closes the regular season on a three-match road trip, beginning Saturday at Central Connecticut State. First serve is at 1:00 pm. |
11/7/04 --
Senior Ivana Vasiljevic (Brcko, Bosnia & Herzegovina) broke the school’s
digs record in her final home match for Long Island, which set the mark for most
single-season home victories in a 3-0 (30-23, 30-21, 30-18) Northeast Conference
triumph over Sacred Heart at Schwartz Center.
Pintilie ended the match with 14 kills and just two errors for
a .545 percentage, helping the Blackbirds to their third six-match
winning streak of the year. That aided LIU posting a 59-33 kills
edge with a .339 percentage.