Marymount University

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Marymount (11-12, 2-1 Atlantic East) defeated Pratt (8-9, 2-1 Atlantic East) 3-0 on Saturday, taking the sets 25-19, 25-19, 25-13.

The Saints used a 9-0 run in the third set and finished with advantages in kills, aces and blocks. Marymount recorded a season-high 11 blocks in the game.

Saints Top Performers

Angela McKenzie
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- team-high 9 total blocks, including 1 solo, marking a season high
- 3 service aces
- 12 points, a season high
- 4 kills

Sabrina Schoeberlein
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- team-high 8 kills
- .294 hitting percentage
- 3 total blocks
- 9.5 points

Hailey LaBonte
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- team-high 5 service aces
- 6 digs

Ava Humphries
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- 4 service aces
- 4 digs

Braelyn Ottolini
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- team-high 11 assists
- 1 kill on 1 attempt
- 1 service ace
- 4 digs

The Saints traded points early with Pratt, answering Jamie Shoemake's consecutive service aces and a 4-2 deficit with Elizabeth Stackpole's kill and Ava Humphries' ace to move in front 6-5. The set was tied again at 10-10 before Angela McKenzie put down back-to-back kills and Hailey LaBonte served an ace for a 13-10 lead, and later kills by Eliana Knaub and Layla Scott plus another Humphries ace helped the Saints reach 18-13. Pratt got as close as 20-18 on kills by Alison Sontag and Colleen Russell, but McKenzie followed with a kill, Emerson Aber and Sabrina Schoeberlein added late kills, and McKenzie's service ace closed the set 25-19.

After Pratt scored the first three points of the second set, the Saints answered with seven straight, including two Hailey LaBonte service aces, a Schoeberlein kill and two assisted blocks to move ahead 7-3. Pratt cut the margin to 7-6, but Eliana Knaub's kill helped the Saints build the lead back to 12-7. Pratt later closed within 17-16 behind a Jamie Shoemake ace, a block and a Joanna Doyle kill, before McKenzie answered with a service ace to help keep the Saints in front. Braelyn Ottolini added an ace and assisted an Elizabeth Stackpole kill for a 22-17 lead, and after Pratt got back to 22-19, Schoeberlein's kill, a Pratt attack error and Brigid Donahue's kill closed the set 25-19.

The Saints opened the third set with a 4-0 lead behind a Schoeberlein kill, a block by Knaub and McKenzie, and a Hailey LaBonte ace, then stayed in front after Pratt cut the margin to 7-4. After Pratt moved within 9-5, Schoeberlein put down a kill, and Ava Humphries served the Saints through eight straight points to make it 18-5, a stretch that included two Humphries aces, kills by Alexis Bumah and Stackpole, and several Pratt errors. Pratt answered with enough offense to get back to 21-12, but the Saints moved to set point on a Brigid Donahue-McKenzie block, a LaBonte ace and McKenzie block. After a Pratt point, Schoeberlein finished the set with a kill from Emerson Aber for a 25-13 Saints win.

UP NEXT

The Saints will host Immaculata University on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. at Converse Family Fieldhouse.