Bayside, N.Y., October 21, 2021 - The #8-seed Monroe Express women's volleyball team lost in their 2021 Region 15 Quarterfinals match to host #1-seed Queensborough Community College in straight sets - 25-11, 25-18, 27-25 - on Thursday evening at Queensborough Gymnasium. In defeat, the Express end the season with a 3-11 record, while the Tigers improve to 13-2 and will host #5-seed Nassau Community College in the Region semifinals on Saturday.

After Queensborough cruised through the first two sets, 25-11 and 25-18, the Express would not go away in the third, putting on a full-court press to hold off a three-set sweep. Monroe-Bronx tied the final set three times at three, six, and eight apiece in the early going back and forth with the Tigers eventually throughout before eventually taking a one-point lead 24-23. However, Queensborough held off a final surge from the Express to prevent going into a fourth set by scoring four of the last five points to take the match 3-0. 

Freshmen Adaiah Felix (Bronx, New York) and recent Region 15 Honorable Mention Arielys Colon (Bronx, New York) spearheaded the offensive attack for the Express on the evening, smashing a team-high six kills apiece. Colon also tied a team-best with fellow underclassman Angelique Reyes placing two service aces apiece, and Second-Team All-Region 15 selection Jeribeth Hodge (Bronx, N.Y.) buried three kills and contributed a service ace in the match.

For Queensborough, freshman Rosanna Bradica led the offensive charge with a match-high 11 kills and tied a team-best defensively with two blocks. Sophomore setter Amira Durkovic recorded a game-high 20 assists and 18 digs while burying six service aces, also a match-best. Freshman defensive specialist Desiree Morales uncorked six kills in the match and contributed defensively with 16 digs. Teammates Leslie Flores and Ipek Yurttutan also chipped in on the backline with 17 and 12 digs, respectively.

Notables 

• Jeribeth Hodge (Bronx, N.Y.) finishes her career as the women's volleyball program's all-time leader with 713 career assists. Last week, she etched her name into the record books with the Express women's volleyball program's first-ever triple-double against Nassau Community College on October 12, 2021, recording a career-high 12 kills and a team-best 12 assists and 17 digs. She also finishes her career with 141 career digs, 83 Career Kills. 74 career service aces and 14 career blocks while recording 28 career double-digit assist performances for her career.
• Adaiah Felix (Bronx, New York) finishes an outstanding freshman campaign with a team-high 111 kills, the fourth most in a single season. She is also the second freshman in program history to accomplish that feat since Irianna Castillo did it in 2019. She also finishes the season with a team-best six double-digit kill games, with a career-high 13 on September 30, 2019, against Queensborough and three double-digit performances in her final four matches of the season. 
• Arielys Colon (Bronx, New York) completed the 2021 campaign as Monroe-Bronx's heartbeat on the backline, dropping a team-high 55 service aces, the third-most in a single season to go along defensive with a team-best 98 digs. Colon put up two double-digit service ace games with a career-high 13 against Queensborough Community College in a double dual match on October 9, 2019. She finished third on the team with 49 kills and hammered a career-best seven two times in double duals against Bronx C.C. on October 2, 2019, and Orange County Community College on October 16, 2019.

ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 36 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, the Monroe College marching band, and the newly added esports program, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 17 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.

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