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In their second match at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Round Robin competition, the New York University women's volleyball team fought back from an 0-2 hole and defeated Brandeis University 3-2 on Sunday, Oct. 5, in Pittsburgh, PA.

After a 3-2 loss to the University of Chicago on Saturday, the Violets (14-5, 1-1 UAA) fell behind the Judges (9-6, 0-2 UAA) early and continued to trail throughout most of the first set.  After Brandeis went up 24-21, the Violets rallied to tie the set at 24-24 behind a kill from junior Jess Storer followed by a block from sophomore Erin Noonan and freshman Jillian Tremmel.  However, the Judges reeled off three of the next four points to take the set 27-25.

In the second set, NYU again fell behind early and never mustered in a 25-18 loss to the Judges.

The Violets began to show life again midway through the third set.  After NYU took its first lead at 12-11 off a kill from sophomore Annie Baer, Brandeis quickly regained the lead at 16-15.  This time, however, NYU rallied and took the lead for good off a kill from freshman Mina Baban on its way to a 25-22 win.

In the fourth set, the Violets appeared to have lost their momentum and fell behind 8-3.  The team proved, however, that they were not going away.  NYU quickly battled back to an 8-8 tie and took its first lead off a Brandeis attack error.  The two teams traded points up through 23-23, at which point a kill by Baer and an attack error by Brandeis gave the Violets the fourth set 25-23.

The Violets went into the fifth set will a head of steam, jumping out to a 3-0 lead.  Brandeis put together a rally, tying the match at 9-9 before kills from Noonan and freshman Elizabeth Dick, as well as a Judges' service error, gave NYU the lead for good as the Violets went on the take the final set 15-13.

Noonan recorded a season-high 20 kills and hit .298, while sophomore Kasey Estes recorded seven kills with only one error in three sets. 

Dick also put together one of the strongest all-around matches of her freshman campaign, putting down 14 kills while adding a career-best 20 digs.

For the Judges, sophomore Paige Blasco led the way with 15 kills while senior Lorraine Wingenbach put up a team-high 18 digs.

The Violets return to action today at 2:00 pm when they take on Emory University in their final match of UAA Round Robin #1.  Live stats will be available for the match.