PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University women's volleyball team opened the final week of the regular season on Monday evening with a win, sweeping neighboring Purchase College in three sets. The Valiants have now won nine straight matches, improving to 16-7 overall and 10-0 in the Skyline with one match remaining in conference play.

It was a well-rounded effort in the win as nine different players combined to put up 31 total kills. Caylin Caballero (Eastvale, Calif./Walnut) led the charge as the freshman finished with seven kills to lead all players across both teams. Caballero added a season-high four aces along with five digs and a pair of blocks.

Emily Brown (Kaneohe, Hawaii/Damien Memorial) and Cassidy Fallon (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) provided five kills each, while Kaiel Maynor (Newark, N.J./Science Park) added four across her two sets of work.

Libero Kayla Jennings (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Lakeland) continued her defensive-leading season with 15 digs, pushing the junior past 400 for the season. Jennings has reached double-figure digs in 21 of 23 matches. Alana Rivera Torres (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/Colegio Marista de Guaynabo) finished with seven digs to go along with her team-high 15 assists, while her setter partner Samantha Andriola (Garden City South, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) added nine helpers.

Fallon and Aurea Obradors (Barcelona, Spain/Benjamin Franklin International School) were forces at the net, finishing with three blocks each.

The Valiants opened set one on a 9-1 run and never looked back. Three Panther attack errors spotted Manhattanville its opening three points before the offense got to work on a six-point burst, with Brown logging a pair of kills, Loren Hernandez (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico/American Military Academy) recording an ace, an Obradors termination and a rejection courtesy of Brown and Caballero. Purchase scored just twice while controlling the serve as the Valiants marched towards set point, going on a 5-0 run down the road to take a 17-4 lead. Up 23-9, Obradors recorded another kill before Hernandez served another ace to capture the first set.

It was more of a fight in set two as the Panthers did fade away after Manhattanville's opening 7-1 run. Caballero and Brown each had a pair of kills in the opening run before the Valiant lead swelled to a nine-point margin at 12-3. Trailing 15-6, Purchase came to life with a long 13-5 run to close the gap down to a single point at 20-19. After seeing the cushion all but vanish, the Valiants regrouped and closed out with five of the next six, earning the 25-20 win with a clinching kill via Caballero.

Purchase went negative to close the night, committing seven errors to two kills in the third frame, allowing Manhattanville to return to form and make quick work in the final set. After falling behind 2-1, the Valiants scored seven straight points as Caballero logged four aces. Manhattanville continued to roll after taking the lead, going on a 10-2 run capped off by eight straight to pull ahead 18-4. The success at the service line continued with Andriola notching three aces as part of the run. Manhattanville capped off the night with a final 6-0 run as Dominique Sanchez (Colchester, Conn./Bacon Academy) served a pair of aces and Maynor delivered the final blow with a match-clinching kill at 25-8.

Up Next
The Valiants close out conference play on Wednesday night, traveling to Sarah Lawrence for a 6 p.m. match against the Gryphons.

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