Volleyball's winning streak reaches six with 3-1 victory at Saint Peter's |
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Demayo fought through illness to close with 13 kills and 17 digs for her 12th double-double of the season and 24th career. Fleig, the reigning Northeast Conference Player of the Week, ended with 13 and 13 for her fourth double-double this year. Senior Cristina Pintilie (Cluj Napoca, Romania) had another strong outing with 18 kills, a .400 hitting percentage, four block solos and six block assists. Senior Ivana Vasiljevic (Brcko, Bosnia & Herzegovina) dished 45 assists and freshman Jasmine Perez (Kingwood, Texas) continued her solid defensive play with a season-best 16 digs. Trailing 29-21 in game one, LIU (15-4) fought off 10 game points to get to 31-31 before a pair of hitting errors ended it. The Blackbirds pounded 15 kills in game two and forced the Peahens (1-12) into 12 errors in game three to take control of the match. LIU posted nine kills in game four and closed it on a 13-3 run to move one victory shy of equaling the school's longest winning streak from two seasons ago. Valeria Kovaleva notched a triple-double with 19 kills, 28 assists and 16 digs for Saint Peter's. Gukhan Cakcak pounded 17 kills with Tara Teslaa contributing 10 and 18 digs. LIU returns to action Friday at the Valley National Bank Knights Classic in Hackensack, N.J. against Fairfield, beginning at 6:00 pm. |
10/5/04 --Sophomore
Dana Demayo (Ra'anana, Israel) and junior Melanie Fleig (Villingen,
Germany) each recorded a double-double as Long Island extended
its winning streak to six, 3-1 (31-33, 30-27, 30-27, 30-20) at
Saint Peter's in Jersey City, N.J.