NEW YORK, NY - Looking to snap their 5 game skid, the Maccabees took on Maritime College Thursday night, and nearly did snap that streak.  The Macs took the first two sets 25-21 and 25-19, but Maritime rolled off three straight wins, 25-13, 25-22, 15-6, to steal the conference win from Yeshiva.  With the loss, Yeshiva is left at 1-6 (0-3) while Maritime improved to 2-2 (1-0).
 
Yeshiva got out to the early 2-0 lead behind strong play from their back line and placing the ball in strategic locations.  After a tough third set, it looked as if Yeshiva would take the 4th easily, after starting out with an 11-3 edge behind 7 straight points from Shira Genauer on serve.  However, Maritime went on to score 5 straight of their own to get back in the set.  Eventually, Maritime's attack wore down the Yeshiva defense, and Maritime forced a 15 point tiebreaking 5th set after the 25-22 win.
 
Tied at 1 in the final set, Maritime went on a 6 point streak that opened the score up at 7-1.  At 8-3 the teams switched sides to determine a winner.  with the score 11-6, Maritime scored the final 4 points to take the match 3-2.
 
Leading the way for Yeshiva was Sarit Zukowsky with 14 points on 13 kills and an ace.  Moriah Green followed with 10 points on 6 kills and 4 aces, while three other Macs had 6 points.  Kerrin Ast had 5 kills and an ace, Ashley Ansel had 2 kills and 4 aces, and Shira Genauer had 1 kill and 5 aces.
 
The Maccabees travel to Farmingdale for a Skyline tri-match with the Rams and Old Westbury on Sunday.  They will play Farmingdale at 10AM and stay on the court to face Old Westbury at noon.