Waterbury, Conn. - For the third straight Saturday, the St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Volleyball team took to the road for tri-match action, this one with Saint Michael's College and Post University at the Drubner Center in Connecticut.

In a pair of terrific volleyball matches, STAC picked up a 3-2, five-set victory over the Purple Knights, before falling 3-0 to the host Eagles to move to 2-6 on the season.

Set Results vs. Saint Michael's

Set 1: STAC 27/SMC 25

Set 2: STAC 25/SMC 23

Set 3: SMC 25/STAC 18

Set 4: SMC 25/STAC 18

Set 5: STAC 15/SMC 11

How it Happened

• As a team, Saint Michael's recorded 51 kills compared to St. Thomas Aquinas' 43. The Purple Knights also had 7 blocks and 47 assists, while the Spartans tallied 5 blocks and 41 assists.
• Saint Michael's outhit STAC by a .138 to .064 margin for the match.
• Adriana Zarceno paced the Spartans offense with a team-high 15 kills. She also registered a serve assist, service ace and 12 digs.
• Anna Gazzerro tallied a team-high 34 serve assists (6.8 assists/set). Gazzerro also accumulated a kill, a service ace, nine digs, a solo block and a block assist for the maroon and gold.
• Laura Rojas Gomez picked up eight kills, a serve assist and a dig.
• Chloe Weiting tallied nine kills, three service aces 22 digs and two block assists in the first match of the afternoon.
• Kamila Zoe Rosa put together an eight kill, two block assist effort against the Purple Knights.
• Boglarka Kiss contributed five serve assists, six service aces and a match-high 28 digs.

Set Results vs. Post

Set 1: POST 25/STAC 16

Set 2: POST 25/STAC 19

Set 3: POST25/STAC 23

How it Happened

• As a team, Post recorded 32 kills compared to St. Thomas Aquinas' 25. The Eagles also had 9 blocks and 29 assists, while the Spartans tallied 2 blocks and 25 assists.
• Post outhit St. Thomas Aquinas by a .151 to .024 margin for the match.
• Adriana Zarceno paced the Spartans offense with a match-high nine kills. She also registered two serve assists and 14 digs
• Leila Noboa Santos tallied a team-high 14 serve assists (4.67 assists/set). Noboa Santos also accumulated nine digs for the maroon and gold.
• Laura Rojas Gomez picked up eight kills, four service aces and seven digs in her second match of the day.
• Chloe Weiting racked up six kills, six digs and a block assist.
• Boglarka Kiss contributed three serve assists, a service ace and a team-high 16 digs.

Up Next

St. Thomas Aquinas returns to the Spartan Athletic Complex, hosting Pace University in a non-conference tilt on Tuesday, September 23 that gets underway at 6:00 p.m.