Sparkill, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas Women's Volleyball team battled back from a two sets to none deficit to force a thrilling fifth and deciding set on Sunday afternoon against Queens College, but the visiting Knights powered through to take a 3-2 decision over the maroon and gold at the Spartan Athletic Complex in Rockland County.

STAC falls to 4-14 overall and 1-5 in ECC action, while Queens moves to 8-13 and 1-5.

The Spartans and Knights went the distance, as Queens took the first two sets before STAC righted the ship and rallied for two straight victories of their own to tie the match at 2-2. However, the visitors would eventually go on to win the day by the narrowest of margins in fifth set.

Set Results

Set 1: QC 25/STAC 21

Set 2: QC 25/STAC 15

Set 3: STAC 25/QC 17

Set 4: STAC 25/QC 19

Set 5: QC 15/STAC 11

How it Happened

• As a team, St. Thomas Aquinas recorded 60 kills compared to Queens' 44. The Spartans also had 3 blocks and 58 assists, while the Knights tallied 12 blocks and 39 assists.
• Queens outhit STAC by a .145 to .140 margin for the match.
• Adriana Zarceno paced the Spartans offense with a match-high 17 kills. She also registered two serve assists, two service aces and seven digs.
• Anna Gazzerro tallied a match-high 51 serve assists (10.2 assists/set). Gazzerro also accumulated a kill, a service ace and 11 digs for the maroon and gold.
• Laura Rojas Gomez picked up 13 kills, a service ace, four digs and a block assist in the match.
• Natassia Romanoff racked up 11 kills, two digs and a block assist on Sunday.
• Kamila Zoe Rosa accumulated nine kills and four digs against the Knights.
• Christianna Roberts put together an eight kill, one solo block and one block assist effort.
• Boglarka Kiss contributed six serve assists, three service aces and a match-high 32 digs, while teammate Emma Carolan had a kill and 17 digs over five sets.

Up Next

STAC visits Mercy University on Wednesday, October 22 for a 7:00 p.m. match at the Neil Judge Athletic Center in Dobbs Ferry, New York.