Pacers Sweep Rutgers Tri-Match
Lizzy Green had a match-high 12 kills as Marywood defeated Rutgers-Newark 3-1 Saturday

Pacers Sweep Rutgers Tri-Match

- 10/25/2008 6:45:03 PM

Marywood 3, Manhattanville 0
Marywood 3, Rutgers-Newark 1

Newark, NJ - Marywood University picked up a pair of non-conference volleyball wins Saturday afternoon as the Pacers defeated Manhattanville College and Rutgers-Newark at the Rutgers-Newark Tri-Match. The Pacers earned a 3-0 win over the Valients in the opener before downing the hosts 3-1 in the second match of the day.  The Pacers improve to 9-12 on the year with the wins.

Against Manhattanville, Marywood beat the Valients in three close games. The Pacers won by scores of 25-22, 25-23 and 25-23. Emily Fillman (Clarion, PA) led the way for Marywood with six kills and five aces, while Natasha Freethy had four of each. Freethy (Honesdale, PA) added at match-high nine digs for the Pacers. Riona Corr (Somersworth, NH) had 15 assists for Marywood in the opening game win.

The Pacers needed an extra game to top the hosts, but dug out a 25-17, 18-25, 25-17, 25-18 win. Lizzy Green (Shenandoah, PA) had twelve kills against the Scarlet Knights while Taryn Borden (Bridgewater, NJ) had nine. Corr had a match-high 31 assists, while Borden had 12 digs.

Marywood, who is still in the hunt for a CSAC post-season berth, will host Immaculata University at 7:00 pm Tuesday night in the Insalaco Arena in a key CSAC battle.
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