WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Morrisville State Women's Volleyball claimed their second straight North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) regular season championship with a road trip sweep over Lancaster Bible College and Gallaudet University on Friday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
 

• Final Scores:  
  • Morrisville 3, Lancaster Bible 0
  • Morrisville 3, Gallaudet 1
• Location:  Washington, D.C.
• Records:  
  • Morrisville (17-6, 9-0 NEAC), Lancaster Bible (14-12, 6-3 NEAC)
  • Morrisville (18-6, 10-0 NEAC), Penn State Abington (11-21, 7-3 NEAC)

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Morrisville dominated in all facets of their first match of the afternoon against Lancaster Bible, producing 41 kills and 14 service aces.
• Megyan Merrill (Millport, N.Y.) led the offensive charge with 17 kills and 4 aces.
• Amelia Baratier (Liverpool, N.Y.) notched 10 kills while adding 3 aces of her own.
• Anna Salamino (Liverpool, N.Y.) also added 4 aces to the Morrisville attack while contributing 8 digs defensively.
• After a convincing first match win, the Mustangs struggled in the first set of their second match against Gallaudet, falling 16-25.
• However, Morrisville rebounded to even the match at one set a piece with a tight 25-23 win in the second set.
• The Mustangs turned the corner late in the third set as Salamino held the Morrisville serve for five straight points to close out the 25-18 third set victory.  Salamino finished with 2 aces in the match.
• The Morrisville defense proved to be the difference maker in the fourth set as two solo blocks by Kirsten Florio (Wellsboro, Pa.), a solo block by Jillian Hoffman (Virginia Beach, Va.), and a handful of assisted blocks gave the Mustangs the lift they needed to take the third set 25-21 for the 3-1 match victory.
• Merrill and Baratier once again led the way in kills, tallying 19 and 13 respectively.
• Sam Wolf (Liverpool, N.Y.) collected 22 digs in the Gallaudet match to go along with two service aces.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Mustangs return home to wrap up their NEAC slate on Wednesday evening at 7 PM against SUNY Cobleskill.  While Morrisville will look to complete an undefeated conference slate on Wednesday, they will also be honoring the program's three seniors:  Amelia Baratier, Megyan Merrill, and Sam Wolf.

 
SUNY Morrisville's curricula are enriched with applied learning and pave the way for opportunity at both the Morrisville and Norwich campuses. An action-oriented, interactive learning lab, the college is a national leader in technology and has been lauded for its exemplary, innovative and effective community service programs.
 
The college was ranked among the Best Regional Colleges in the North by U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges 2019 issue and was also recognized in the Top Public Schools, Regional Colleges North in the 2019 Best Colleges rankings. For more information about SUNY Morrisville, visit www.morrisville.edu.
 
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