THROGGS NECK, NY – On Wednesday night, the Maritime College volleyball team dominated Yeshiva in its 2026 season finale. The Privateers (5-20, 2-9 Skyline) didn't trail at any point in the match, needing less than an hour to notch a 25-5, 25-12, 25-10 victory over the Maccabees (1-15, 0-11 Skyline) at Riesenberg Gymnasium.
Maritime hit a season-high .324 in the match, slamming 36 kills while making just 12 errors in 74 attack attempts. The Privateers also served 19 aces as a team.
After Maritime started the contest with three straight kills, the Privateers extended their lead to 8-1 on a pair of
Addison Weist (Staten Island, NY) aces.
Ashley Pavarini (Ossining, NY) then notched three aces during a 10-0 run that made it 20-4.
Mikaela Thiel (Fort Morgan, CO) ended the first set with back-to-back kills, as Maritime ran away with a 25-5 win. The 25-5 score represented the Privateers' biggest margin of victory in a set since Sept. 6, 2023, when Maritime took the third set 25-4 in a sweep of York.
The Privateers then raced out to a 6-1 advantage in the second set. It was 11-5 when Maritime went on a 5-1 spurt to increase its lead to 16-6. Yeshiva cut the margin to eight at 19-11 before a block by
Lara Cocis (Coeur d'Alene, ID) and Weist started a 6-0 run that pushed the Privateers' cushion to 23-11. Pavarini ripped consecutive kills to finish off the 25-12 set win.
In the third set, Maritime opened up a 4-0 advantage. After the Maccabees scored the next two points, the Privateers responded with a 14-3 rally to build an 18-5 cushion. Maritime reached match point at 24-8, and Pavarini capped her final match in a Privateers uniform with her 10
th kill of the night. With a 25-10 third set win, Maritime completed the sweep.
Pavarini finished with six aces and six digs to go along with her 10 kills. Weist, meanwhile, had nine kills on .368 hitting while adding four aces and six digs. Cocis hit .667 in the victory, ripping six kills without an error in nine swings. In the last match of her career, Thiel tallied 27 assists, five kills, five digs and three aces.
Naomi Harpaz and Elle Ohayon led Yeshiva with three kills apiece. Emma Lieber had three assists and a team-best eight digs, while Eliana Rosenberg notched five digs.
Prior to the contest, the Privateers honored their three graduating seniors—Pavarini, Thiel and
Xieana Rodriguez (Queens, NY). Pavarini ends her career ranked third on the program's all-time list with 160 aces. Thiel has the second-most assists in school history (1,383).
