NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – Niagara reeled off its 11th straight win with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-20) result against the Manhattan Jaspers on Sunday. The Purple Eagles tied a season-high with 11 team blocks in the match.

“Today was another good win,” head coach Susan Clements said. “We started off slow, but we picked up our passing and our blocking was impressive.”

Niagara (17-8, 12-1 MAAC) fought off a sluggish start to the match, but eventually held off Manhattan (11-13, 5-7 MAAC) to take the first set 25-23. The Purple Eagles navigated through the second set with little trouble, racking up 19 kills for a match-high .432 hitting percentage, to take the second set 25-15. NU took the third set, 25-20, to wrap up another match in straight sets. Niagara improved to 14-2 in three-set matches on the season and 10 of its 11 wins during the streak has been in straight sets.

Two Purple Eagles had double-digit digs in the match. Sophomore Amanda Wilken led the match with 12 kills and had three solo blocks and three block assists. Fellow sophomore Kari Honomichl had 10 kills on a .368 hitting percentage.

Junior Hannah Hedrick had 14 digs and 10 kills and junior Sam Morgan had 10 digs to keep her double-digit digs streak active to 87 matches.  Junior Michelle James led the match with 38 assists and contributed with six digs and three kills.

 The conference leading Purple Eagles will travel to Fairfield (Oct. 30) and Iona (Oct. 31) in key matches next weekend.