Bobcats Lose to Long Island, 3-0

Bobcats Lose to Long Island, 3-0

By Michael Desjardins, QBSN Staff Writer

            The Quinnipiac Bobcats women’s volleyball team faced the Long Island Blackbirds in an NEC-conference showdown on Sunday. However, they were shutout 3-0.

            In the first set, Quinnipiac fell to an 11-4 run, and couldn’t make up the deficit, and the Blackbirds would end up winning 25-15.

            The second set began a lot more competitive. At one early point in the set, the Bobcats were leading. However, halfway through the game, Long Island earned 7 straight points. The Bobcats did mount a comeback, by winning the next 7 of 11 points, but the Blackbirds would go on to win 25-21.

            By the third set, however, the Bobcats were running on fumes. They allowed the Blackbirds to earn the first 6 straight points, and would end up losing the set, 25-13.

            “By the third set, we really struggled with defending the site, and obviously we got some tape to look at and figure out how to defend that for the next time we play,” says Bobcats coach Robin Sparks.

            With the loss, Quinnipiac falls to 2-15 (1-3) for the season, while Long Island improves to 9-10 (4-1).

          “We got to got figure out what we’re doing in practice this week, get a good week of solid defense in,” says Sparks. “We got to review our defenses again since we got a little confused at times on what we were doing.”

            The Bobcats are on the road this weekend, as they play Fairleigh Dickinson (9-6) on Saturday, Oct. 8, and Sacred Heart (12-5) on Sunday, Oct. 9.