Purchase Box Score
Medgar Evers Box Score
 
        THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (Oct. 19, 2013) - The Maritime women's volleyball team hosted Skyline rival Purchase College and non-conference opponent Medgar Evers on Saturday at the Riesenberg Hall Gym. After dropping the first set to the Panthers, 3-0, the Privateers responded with a straight-set victory of their own over Medgar Evers for their second win of the season.
 
        The women's volleyball program celebrated Dig Pink Day on Saturday to help raise awareness and donations for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There was a table set up in the gym lobby to collect donation and to sell team merchandise and other pink-themed items with all the proceeds going to the Side-Out Foundation to help award grants to medical research organizations and entities dedicated to providing compassionate support to breast cancer patients and their families.
 
        The Privateers raised about $850 total on the day, but they are still accepting donations throughout the rest of the month of October on their team page. The Maritime Dig Pink page can be found by following this link.
 
        "I want to thank everyone that came out to support the program today," said first-year head coach Alice Kahrs. "Dig Pink Day is always a very special event and I'm so happy that we were able to raise so much money to go towards a very important cause. But we're not done collecting donations yet, so if you haven't already, please visit our team page to help contribute to a very worthy cause. I'm also very happy that the team responded so well to the great fan support and was able to pull out a victory in the final match of the day!"
 
        The Panthers won the first match over the Privateers early in the morning by the scores of 25-11, 25-21 and 25-10. Maritime had three kills apiece by sophomore Colleen Sheehy (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) and junior Christine McCormak (Goshen, N.Y./Goshen). McCormak also recorded six assists and six digs, while senior Alyssa Pourmonir (Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area ) (Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area) led all players in the match with 13 digs.
 
        Purchase was led by freshman Alex Lally, who had a match-high nine kills, while sophomore Olivia Schoeller added 19 assists and a team-high nine digs. The Panthers also won the second match of the day over Medgar Evers in straight sets, 25-7, 25-17 and 25-12.
 
        In the afternoon's third match, that featured the Privateers against the Cougars, play was even early in the first set until Maritime went on an 8-1 run to take a 17-9 lead. Medgar Evers fought back to get the score back to within two points, 19-17, and forced the Privateers to call a timeout. After the break, kills by junior Sydney Carella (Greenville, N.Y./Greenville) (Greenville, N.Y./Greenville), Sheehy and freshman Alessandra Kahl (Westbury, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) (Westbury, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) helped seal the set in favor of Maritime, 25-20.
 
        The Privateers charged out to an 8-1 lead in the second set thanks in large part to two kills by Carella, and kills by juniors Mary Camano (Bronx, N.Y./Harry S. Truman) (Bronx, N.Y./Harry S. Truman) and Charlotte Acklin (Lewes, Del./West Broward (Fla.)) (Lewes, Del./West Broward), who returned to the court after an injury forced her to miss part of the first set. Maritime was in control the entire set. Camano finished with three kills and as a team, the Privateers hit .250 (eight kills with just two errors on 24 attempts).
 
        In the third set, it was Medgar Evers that got off to a hot start, building up 5-1 and then 6-2 leads, only to see Maritime charge back to take the lead at 7-6. A couple of aces by Pourmonir and freshman Alyssa Esposito (Farmingdale, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) (Farmingdale, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) eventually got the score to 8-7, but play was even from there, until Maritime started to pull away around 14-13 by scoring six straight points to take a 20-13 lead. The Cougars rallied to come within one point (21-20) after a 7-1 run, but four straight points by the Privateers, including the final two coming on aces by Acklin, sealed the victory for Maritime.
 
        Sheehy ended the match with a team-high five kills, while McCormak picked up 11 assists and Pourmonir had 17 digs. Carella also recorded double-digit digs with 12, while registering four kills. Medgar Evers, which dropped to 1-21 with the loss, was led by senior Janiece Hill, who tallied a match-high 13 kills and also led the Cougars with 14 digs.
 
        The Privateers (2-22, 0-6 Skyline) return to action on Tuesday night for the final home match of the season against John Jay College. First serve is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Riesenberg Hall Gym. Before the match, the volleyball program will hold a very special Senior Night Ceremony for lone graduating senior, Alyssa Pourmonir (Pittston, Pa./Pittston Area ).