(Suffern, NY) - The bad news: After winning seven matches during the 2017 season, the Westchester Community College Volleyball team has only seven wins in 2018.
The good news: The 2018 season still has 11 matches on the regular season schedule.
The better news: The way Westchester CC is playing, there could be many more matches to play after that.
Sophomores
Madison Young (Greenburgh, NY/Woodlands HS) and
Lindsay Leggio (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac HS) had fine outings once again as Westchester CC swept both Hostos Community College and Bronx Community College during a double-dual on Sunday at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY. With the wins, Westchester is now 7-2 overall, all of which have come against Region XV competition. The Vikings finished the 2017 season with a 7-13 overall record.
WCC dominated Hostos to open play, winning 25-10, 25-19, and 25-12. Young had five kills and Leggio added 19 assists. It was a balanced offensive effort for the Vikings as sophomore
Taylor Mello (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Putnam Valley HS) chipped in five kills and two service aces, while fellow sophomore
Alysha Owens (Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon HS) added three kills, two service aces, and two blocks. Also for WCC, freshman
Melody Pabon (Bronx, NY/Celia Cruz) had one of her best matches of the season with six kills, two service aces, and two blocks.
The Vikings continued much of the same against Bronx CC, winning 25-14, 25-18 and 25-6 to mark the third time this season that Westchester has defeated a team that beat the Vikings in 2017, after Bronx downed WCC 3-2 on Oct. 8. This time around, Westchester used a balanced attack once again as Leggio amassed a match-high 25 assists to go with five kills, four digs, and five service aces. Young added nine kills and four digs, while Mello chipped in five kills and 12 digs, and Owens had six kills and eight digs.
After a 3-1 weekend at Rockland Community College, Westchester returns home on Tuesday, September 25 when the Vikings host Orange Community College for a huge Mid-Hudson Conference match-up. Westchester defeated the Colts 3-2 on September 13.
