Box Score PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville women's volleyball team hit .274 as a team and saw eight different players contribute at least one kill as the Valiants earned bragging rights in the Battle of Anderson Hill Road for the 10th straight year with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-15) victory over neighboring Purchase on Friday night at Kennedy Gymnasium.
 
Manhattanville (1-0) improved to 10-0 all-time against their Purchase counterparts thanks to a solid all-around effort on the offensive side of the ball. Senior Susy Camaj (Lagrangeville, N.Y./Millbrook) led all players with nine kills and three service aces, followed close behind by junior Jillian Chittenden (Rye, N.Y./Rye) with eight kills and a .412 hitting percentage. Freshman Alissa Primavera (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) added seven kills without an error (.438) as well.
 
Junior Veronica Ferreiras (Rockville Centre, N.Y./Malverne) and freshman Megan Quinabo (Pearl City, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama) split the setting duties, with Ferreiras recording 16 assists and Quinabo adding 13 assists. Both players also added a team-leading eight digs as well in the win.
 
Alicia McCarthy led Purchase (0-1) with eight kills, while Leticia Barrientos chipped in a match-best 16 digs.
 
The first set started out evenly, as the match was even at one, two, three, four and five. Manhattanville countered with a quick 5-1 run to gain a 10-6 advantage, and the home team's lead never grew smaller than three points the rest of the set. Camaj led all players with five kills on 13 attacks in the opening frame.
 
The middle frame started out similarly, with neither team gaining much of an advantage early. The score was knotted at 11 before the home team rattled off five straight points all thanks to Purchase attack errors, and after two PC points Manhattanville took six of the next seven as well to open up a 22-14 lead late in the frame that helped to seal things. Chittenden was nearly flawless in the set for the Valiants, posting four kills without an error on six attempts.
 
Purchase took the action to Manhattanville to start the third set, scoring six of the frame's first eight points, but the Valiants eventually battled back to knot the score at 10. That game-tying point came in the midst of a game-changing 11-2 Valiant run, which was helped by four service aces. Up by six at 18-12, Manhattanville was able to close out the Panthers in straight sets and complete the season-opening win.
 
Manhattanville will get right back into action tomorrow, as the squad hosts Bard and Rosemont for the Valiant Tri-Match at Kennedy Gym. The action starts at 11:00 a.m. with the Valiants and Raptors, followed by Bard and Rosemont at 1 p.m. and Manhattanville and Rosemont at 3:00 p.m. Both Valiant matches will be video streamed live online at GoValiants.TV.