THROGGS NECK, N.Y. - The Albertus Magnus College volleyball team lost a 3-1 match to SUNY Maritime on Thursday evening in a non-conference match.

Majo Pelaez (Armenia, Colombia) had a team-high 11 kills to go with 14 digs, while Shalese Gordon (Bridgeport, Conn.) had 15 assists and Alexys Signor (North Haven, Conn.) had three aces on the evening. Amanda Zdru (Stratford, Conn.) had a team-high 17 digs

THE BASICS

FINAL: SUNY Maritime 3 | Albertus Magnus 1

SET 1: Maritime 25 | Albertus 12

SET 2: Maritime 25 | Albertus 22

SET 3: Albertus 25 | Maritime 19

SET 4: Maritime 25 | Albertus 20

RECORDS: Albertus (4-4) | Maritime (2-7)

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the first Set, the Falcons took a brief 2-1 lead, but an 8-2 run by Maritime, which included two aces from Karelys Rolon gave the Privateers the early 9-4 lead. Albertus got back to within four points on four different occassions, which included kills from Emma Fallon (Harwinton, Conn.) and Paula Matheus (Tunja-Boyaca, Colombia). The Privateers then went on an 11-2 run to close out the set, getting four kills and two aces during the run.

Set two was much more competitive early on as the teams had 12 ties and seven lead changes. Albertus took its biggest lead at 10-7. The Falcons trailed 14-12 until four straight points that included a kill from Matheus and an ace from Pelaez gave Albertus the 16-14 lead. The Falcons took their final lead at 21-20, but the Privateers scored five of the final six points to take a 2-0 match lead.

Albertus never trailed in their set three win, jumping out to a 12-3 lead as Signor had two aces early on two kills from Pelaez and one each from Gordon and Yarelis Torres (East Haven, Conn.). Maritime trimmed the lead back to 18-16, but three straight points, which included another ace by Signor made it a 21-16 game. The Falcons finished the set in fashion with three straight kills, including one by Matheus and two from Pelaez, all of which were assisted by Gordon. Nathalie Wallace (Rocky Hill, Conn.) had two kills and a block in the set.

In set four, Maritime never trailed, jumping out to an 11-4 lead. Albertus took advantage of four errors and kills from Torres and Matheus to get back to within 13-10. Maritime went back up 18-11, but again fought back with a 5-2 run to close the gap to 20-16. Down 23-16, Albertus scored four of the next five that included an ace by Da'Veona Parker (New Haven, Conn.), but the Privateers were able to close out with the final point to take the match.

LEADERS

Albertus

Majo Pelaez - 13 Kills

Shalese Gordon - 15 Assists

Amanda Zdru - 14 Digs

Alexys Signor - 3 Aces

Nathalie Wallace - 5 Blocks

Maritime

Soraya Hall and Ashley Pavarini - 11 Kills

Mikaela Thiel - 17 Assists

Victoria Cordero - 15 Digs

Karelys Rolon - 4 Aces

Samantha Hart - 2 Blocks

NOTEWORTHY

Yarelis Torres saw her first action of the season and finished with three kills and a dig.

The five blocks from Wallace tied a career-high in a match.

Signor has had at leas three aces in four matches this season.

UP NEXT

Albertus takes on Lasell and host, Rivier in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tri-match on Saturday, September 21 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.