Stevens Defeats NYU-Poly

HOBOKEN, NJ– Senior setter Sara Budar (Honolulu, Hawaii) pulled within one assist of tying the program’s career assists chart as the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s volleyball team earned a 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-15) victory over visiting NYU-Poly at Canavan Arena. With the win, the Ducks, winners of 16 of their last 17 matches, improved to 28-5 on the season, while the Blue Jays fell to 16-18 on the year.

 Budar finished the match with 18 assists, while Maggie Majcher (Rahway, N.J.) and Amethyst Holder (Parsippany, N.J.) paced the Stevens attack with nine kills apiece.

Junior middle Victoria Kalvert (Missouri City, Texas) led the Blue Jays’ offense with six kills, while senior outside hitter Meredith Shipman (Sugarland, Texas) and sophomore Corey Loupee (Crown Point, Ind.) had five kills each. Sophomore Nicole Breitbart (Ridgewood, N.J.) chipped in with 11 assists and eight digs.

NYU-Poly will be back on the court Friday night as they honor Shipman, their lone senior, on Senior Night against Maritime.  First serve is set for 7:00pm in Jacobs Gymnasium.