RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Caldwell University volleyball team won a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference match at Felician College in three sets Tuesday evening at Job Gymnasium. The Cougars, who won by the score of 25-16, 25-14, 25-18, improve to 13-7 overall and 8-2 in the conference. The Golden Falcons fall to 5-10 overall, 3-8 CACC with the loss.

Caldwell trailed 13-6 in the first set before reeling off two separate nine-point runs, the first with senior libero Jaclyn Del Cid (Bogota, NJ/Bogota) serving and the second on the serve of freshman setter Gabrielle Bennett (San Antonio, TX/Johnson). Freshman middle blocker Narae Wadsworth (Reno, NV/Wooster) delivered seven kills as Caldwell had 16 kills in the first-set victory. In the second set, the Cougars led from start to finish, with Wadsworth adding four kills in a 25-14 win.

Felician was able to pull to within three, 20-17 in the third set. But Caldwell, which hit .293 in the final set, tallied five of the final six points to close out the match. Senior setter Athena Nestoras (Los Angeles, CA/St. Monica) registered six kills without an error and had six assists to lead the Cougars in the final set.

Wadsworth, who was named the CACC Rookie of the Week yesterday, recorded 15 kills with two errors in 27 attempts for a .481 hitting percentage. Freshman outside hitter Taryn Auyong (Honolulu, HI/Kamehameha) added 12 kills, while Nestoras contributed nine kills, 15 assists and seven digs with a .533 hitting percentage. Bennett notched 25 assists, and Del Cid led the defense with 26 digs. Tonia Ford and Emma Reijonen led Felician with six kills each.

Caldwell, which has won four in a row, hosts Bloomfield College in a CACC match on Friday, Oct. 17. The first serve is at 7:00 p.m. in the George R. Newman Center.

CU – 25 25 25
FC – 16 14 18