DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – Junior Megan Quinabo (Pearl City, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama) recorded 21 assists to reach the 2,000 plateau for her career and classmate Alissa Primavera (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) gave her many of those assists with a match-high nine kills as the Manhattanville College women's volleyball team picked up its first MAC Freedom win of the year over Delaware Valley, 3-0 (25-7, 25-8, 25-8), on Wednesday night at James Work Gymnasium.
 
Quinabo assisted on 21 of the 30 kills for the Valiants, increasing her school-record total to 2,010 with six matches still left in the season. Primavera had an excellent match on the receiving end of those passes, putting down nine kills without an error on 16 attempts.
 
Sophomores Kerry Mackey (Smithtown, N.Y./Christ the King) and Asia Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Nellie A. Thornton High School) both added six kills and classmate Meagan Dattoma (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) added five for Manhattanville (12-8, 1-4 MAC Freedom). The Valiants as a team hit .329 with 30 kills and seven errors on 70 attacks, compared to five total kills and 22 errors on 60 attempts (-.23) for Delaware Valley 1-14, 0-5 MAC Freedom).
 
In the first set, Manhattanville held an early 8-4 lead before exploding for 13 straight points to take an insurmountable lead. The Valiants committed only one error on 25 attempts in the opening frame on the way to a one-set lead.
 
The Valiants dominated the second set as well, putting down 14 kills to earn themselves a two-set advantage. With the visitors holding a 6-4 lead early in the frame, Manhattanville then won 13 of the next 14 points, thanks to four kills each from Primavera and Mackey, before closing the frame with five in a row.
 
The teams alternated points early in the third set before a 7-2 run gave the Valiants some breathing room. Manhattanville then closed the frame with 11 consecutive points to close out its first conference win of the season.
 
Manhattanville will get back to tri-match play on Saturday, when the team travels to New Jersey City University to take on the host Gothic Knights and Maritime (N.Y.) College beginning at 1 p.m.