OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – The Maritime Volleyball team split Sunday afternoon action, defeating the Old Westbury Panthers in straight sets after falling to the Mount St. Mary Knights earlier in the day.
 
Junior Carly Lombardo (Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) and sophomore Shannon Brady (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) were tied for the team-lead with 14 kills apiece on the day, while freshman Meredith Hayes (Houston, Texas/St. Agnes Academy) had seven in the two-match stretch.
 
Junior Erika Bailey (Newark Valley, N.Y./Tioga Central) ended the day with 37 assists, including 23 in the win over Old Westbury. Lombardo also led the team with nine service aces on the day.
 
Defensively, Brady had 13 digs in the win over the Panthers while finishing the day with a team-high 22 overall. Hayes and Lombardo split the lone block on the day. Freshman Catherine Pfundstein (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) started as the libero in both matchups and picked up eight digs on the day, with five coming in the win against Old Westbury.
 
In the victory, Maritime swept through Old Westbury with scores of 25-12, 25-14, and 25-12. As a team, Maritime hit .242, while accumulating 30 kills and 29 assists.
 
Old Westbury opened the matchup with a quick 6-2 lead, but Maritime answered on kills by senior Charlotte Acklin (Lewes, Del./West Broward (Fla.)) and Brady to pull within one. The Privateers took 13 of the final 19 points scored in the set to seal the win in the first stanza.
 
Maritime stormed out of the gates in the second set, with an early 8-4 advantage. After a pair of points by Old Westbury, Acklin and Lombardo propelled the Privateers all the way to an 18-6 advantage. During the run, Lombardo had four service aces.
 
Old Westbury responded with three points, but Brady and Lombardo finished off the second set win for Maritime with back-to-back kills.
 
In the third set, Maritime fell behind 4-1 but answered with kills from Brady, Lombardo, and a service ace from Brady to even the set at four. Freshman Isabella Kent (Narrowsburg, N.Y./Sullivan West), senior Meghan Burke (Staten Island, N.Y./Susan E. Wagner) and three service aces from Hayes launched Maritime to a 12-5 advantage.
 
The Panthers fought back and pulled to the match to an 18-12 score, but the Privateers closed out the match in convincing fashion with seven straight points to seal the victory for Maritime.
 
In the opening matchup of the day for Maritime, the Privateers faced off with the team that ended its season a year ago. In a rematch with the Mount St. Mary Knights from last season's Skyline quarterfinals, the Knights prevailed once again as they took the match in straight sets.
 
Hayes led the team with six kills, while Bailey had 14 assists; Lombardo led with five service aces, while Brady held the team-lead with nine digs.
 
In the opener, Maritime fell behind 7-2 and Mount St. Mary kept the Privateers at a distance en route to a 25-13 set win. The Knights jumped out to a 9-3 advantage, which proved to be too great a difference for Maritime to escape, falling in the set by a 25-16 score.
 
The third set once again saw the Privateers fall behind early and unable to come from behind. Mount St. Mary surged to a 12-2 lead and did not look back as the Knights cruised to the set and match victory.
 
Maritime (6-7, 2-2 Skyline) will play again on Monday evening when the team travels to Doylestown, Pa. to take on Delaware Valley for a 7 p.m. start against the Aggies.
 
Mount St. Mary (3-14, 2-0 Skyline) will host Medgar Evers on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Old Westbury (3-5, 1-2 Skyline) will host York (NY) on Wednesday evening as well at 7 p.m.