WATERBURY, Conn. –  Graduate outside hitter Kristina Peric finished off a stellar week for Post University Women's Volleyball with 12 more kills and a .429 attacking percentage to help the Eagles move to 5-1 in conference play this fall with a straight-set sweep of Goldey-Beacom College, 3-0, on Friday for Homecoming Weekend.

Peric finishes the week now with 52 kills on 132 total attempts in which she had just 14 errors and a .288 attacking percentage overall to lead the way with 58.5 points for Post who went 2-0 in conference matches as they continue to ride atop the CACC North Division. 

THE BASICS

Post University 3, Goldey-Beacom College 0

Post University (10-8, 5-1 CACC)

Goldey-Beacom College (8-10, 2-4 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Eagles would make the most of a 25-error afternoon for the Lightning in their three-set win which was the third-most errors an opponent has had against Post so far this season behind only East Stroudsburg at 26 errors and Mercy University at 31 errors back in September. Goldey-Beacom attacked at just .102 for the game with 38 kills while the Eagles were consistently above .250 for the entire match leading to a .276 afternoon while committing just 11 errors the entire way. 

Junior outside hitter Giuliana Jaku had a team-leading 15 kills and .278 attack percentage for the Lightning while senior middle hitter Caitlyn Burch followed close behind her at 10 kills and a .192 attack percentage to lead the offense. Setting those two up was freshman setter Ada Koksal with a match-high 28 assists which was nearly matched by Post's senior setter in Maria Fernanda Branco with 20 assists and other senior setter Izabella Rae with 16 assists. 

Journeying closer and closer to history was junior libero Alyssa Groves with her 24 digs to lead the team while Peric's 12 kills along with 12 kills from senior outside hitter Caley Harper, who had a .226 attack percentage in the match, accounted for over half of the 45 kills that the Eagles finished the day with. 

Momentum in the first set was heavily in favor of the Lightning when their 6-0 run gave them a 17-13 lead but a 4-0 run in response by the Eagles helped them tie the set up before needing another 4-0 later on the brink of dropping the set to go ahead 25-24. Post would take that first set 27-25 behind a Peric kill and attack error from freshman Angelica Febres to help set the tone for the rest of the contest. 

Four continued to be the magic number in set two for the Eagles who trailed early by four, 13-9, then used a 4-0 run to tie things up. Both teams would go on a 4-0 run that flipped things from the Lightning taking a two-point lead, 22-20, to Post going ahead by two, 24-22, on the brink of winning the set. After Koksal and senior outside hitter Poper Nanouski tied the set up at 24 all, Harper and Peric went back-to-back on kills to win the set for the Eagles, 26-24.

Trailing 8-7 in set three, Post went on a 7-1 run that saw them take the lead for good en route to their 3-0 sweep of Goldey-Beacom. That run would be spurred on by five of the 10 errors the Lightning committed in the set and the backbreaker would come later on in set three as well with another stretch in which the Eagles had six of seven points to go ahead by nine, 21-12, before eventually winning the set 25-13 with another 4-0 run. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Kristina Peric once again had a high attack percentage day finishing at .429 with 12 kills on 28 attempts with no errors in the win 
• Alyssa Groves finished with 24 digs in today's match putting her at 1,514 in her career, she is currently second all-time in digs in program history chasing only Kerry Smith (2005-08) who owns the all-time record with 1,689 career digs
• When Post University's attack percentage is above .200 for an entire match, they move to 7-0 this season – When the Eagles attack below .200 as a team, they are 3-8 overall, Post attacked at a .276 clip against Goldey-Beacom College
• With three sweeps already in conference play this season, Post University is one away from tying the number of sweeps they had against CACC opponents last season which was four overall

WHO'S NEXT
Post University hits the road for a match to take on Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey on Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM. Last season, the Eagles split their season series against the Bears after sweeping them at home and then losing in five sets against them on the road a month later. That split marked the first time since the 2014 season in which the two teams had a split as the Bears had won six straight matches before that from 2019-2022.