Cougars Volleyball Rolls to Seventh Consecutive NEC Victory

Box Score The Chicago State volleyball team won their seventh consecutive NEC victory Friday night at the Jacoby Dickens Center, powering past Stonehill College 3-0. To date, six of the Cougars seven conference wins have come via a 3-0 shutout.

The Cougars got out to a fast start in game 1, scoring 10 consecutive points for a 10-1 lead and held 15-5 and 20-8 advantages before closing out a 25-11 win. Game two was a different story with the Skyhawks jumping out to a 7-4 and 13-9 leads before Chicago battled back to knot the score 17-17. Stonehill led 24-23 and was serving for the win but back-to-back kills by Berenice Almeyda a 25-24 advantage. The Skyhawks staved off the first match point but CSU took advantage of a service error and wrapped up a 27-25 victory with a Patrycja Lagida kill. Chicago State scored seven of eight early points to jump out to an 8-4 lead. CSU followed that with a pair of four-point runs to extend the lead to eight, 19-11. The teams would exchange pairs of points before Chicago State earned the sweep with a 25-15 victory.

Lagida led the Cougars with 10 kills followed by Zahara Quraishi with nine and Karly Klaer with eight. Other match leaders included Wiktoria Zagumny with 23 assists and Andrea Calderon with 10 digs.

With the win, the Cougars improved to 11-8 overall and 7-0 in the Northeast Conference while Stonehill falls to 6-13  overall and 2-5 in league play. 

The same two teams will play tomorrow at the Jacoby Dickens Center at 1 p.m.

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Chicago State University sponsors 16 Division I intercollegiate athletic teams and competes in the Northeast Conference with the exception of men's and women's tennis who will compete in the Horizon League during the 2024-25 season. CSU's athletic program includes over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, triathlon and volleyball. 
 
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