PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College women's volleyball team hit .293 as a team and posted a huge 96-45 edge in kills as the Valiants dominated John Jay College and William Paterson University in a pair of 3-0 victories on Saturday at Kennedy Gymnasium.
 
Junior Asia Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Nellie A. Thornton High School) led all players on the day with 27 kills on .327 hitting, averaging a team-best 4.5 kills per set on the afternoon. Classmate Kerry Mackey (Smithtown, N.Y./Christ the King) and sophomore Laura LiVolsi (Washingtonville, NY/Washingtonville) both added 22 kills apiece and did so with excellent efficiency: Mackey hit .465 with only two errors on her 43 attempts, while LiVolsi finished the day hitting .409 thanks to only four miscues on 44 attacks.
 
Senior Megan Quinabo (Pearl City, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama) posted 79 assists (13.1/set) and 24 digs in the two matches, while classmate Adrianna Alves (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) had another good day defensively with a team-best 32 digs (5.33/set).
 
Manhattanville started the day with an efficient 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-9) victory over John Jay. Reid hit .429 (11 kills and two errors on 21 attempts) and also added a team-leading three blocks in the victory, while LiVolsi hit .400 with 10 kills on 20 attempts.
 
The Valiants closed things out with a very strong third set, putting down 16 kills with only one error on 37 attempts (.405). Junior Meagan Dattoma (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) led the charge with five kills on nine errorless attempts in the frame, followed by LiVolsi and Reid with three kills each.
 
Manhattanville closed the afternoon with another very strong hitting performance, posting its first-ever 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-21) victory over William Paterson. After 25 straight losses to the Pioneers dating back to 1988, the Valiants have now beaten WPU in back-to-back seasons.
 
The trio of Mackey, Reid and LiVolsi were nearly unstoppable against the Pioneers, combining for 45 kills in three sets. Mackey hit an incredible .556 with 17 kills and two errors on 27 attempts, followed close behind by Reid with 16 kills. LiVolsi also posted a .417 hitting percentage with a career-high 12 kills on 24 attacks. The performance marks the first time since before the program restarted in 2007 that three players recorded double-digit kill totals in a three-set match.
 
LiVolsi also added 12 digs for her first career double-double, and she was joined by Quinabo with another double-double of 45 assists and 20 digs. Her 45 assists are the second-most in program history for a three-set match, behind only the 48 of Lu Bono '02 on September 30, 2001 against Connecticut College.
 
Manhattanville took an early lead after a 13-5 run closed out the opening stanza, helped by Mackey's seven kills on 11 errorless attempts. Reid took over in the second set, putting down nine balls on 15 attempts as the Valiants used a 10-3 run to turn an 11-10 lead into an insurmountable 21-13 advantage.
 
The Valiants spotted the Pioneers a 7-1 lead to start the third set, but the home team stormed back with a 12-3 run to regain control. Mackey helped close things out with a ridiculous .889 hitting percentage, taking nine swings and putting eight down for kills.
 
Sitting at 3-0 for the fourth straight season, Manhattanville will look to remain undefeated on Wednesday night, when the Valiants travel to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Mariners.