NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College women's volleyball team ran its winning streak to four games as the Falcons swept Lesley College, 3-0 on Wednesday evening in a non-conference game in The Nest.

Majo Pelaez (Armenia, Colombia) had a team-high 12 kills. Paula Matheus had four kills to lead Albertus to go with six kills and Shalese Gordon (Bridgeport, Conn.) had a team-high 12 assists with three aces.

It is the secnod time the Falcons have swept Lesley this season.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus 3 | Lesley 0

SET 1: Albertus 25 | Lesley 21

SET 2: Albertus 25 | Lesley 10

SET 3: Albertus 25 | Lesley 12

RECORDS: Albertus (10-9) | Lesley (0-21)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Albertus conceded the first three points to Lesley in the first set, and wouldn't take its first lead in the set until they made it 12-11 after scoring five straight points that included two kills by Pelaez and two aces from Sophie Cseszko (Grapevine, TX). Lesley regained the lead and increased it to 20-17, but the Falcons once again scored five straight points, which included two more kills from Pelaez. The Falcons closed out a set with an ace from Gordon to give Albertus the 1-0 lead in the match.
• The Falcons took a slim 7-5 lead in the second set and opened it up to a 20-7 lead. Gordon had an ace during the pivotal run and Pelaez added three more kills, while Emma Fallon (Harwinton, Conn.), Matheus and Nyanna Richards (Bridgeport, Conn.) each had one kill apiece. Fallon added two more kills in the set as Albertus took a 2-0 lead in the match.
• Matheus had three aces early in the third set as the Falcons took an 8-1 lead and never looked back. Albertus increased its lead to 16-4 as Cseszko added two kills while Camila Queiroz (West Haven, Conn.) had two aces. Lesley cut the Albertus lead to 16-8, but a kill from Ayanna Hubbard (West Haven, Conn.) and two aces from Naomi Batalla (New Haven, Conn.) put the Falcons back up 21-8. Queiroz, Natalie Garcia (New Haven, Conn.) and Matheus each added a kill over the final four Albertus points to finish off the sweep. 

LEADERS

Albertus

Majo Pelaez - 12 Kills

Shalese Gordon - 12 Assists

Paula Matheus - 4 Aces

Da'Veona Parker - 7 Digs

Paula Matheus and Nyanna Richards - 1 Block

Lesley

Alawnah Dunda - 4 Kills

Mariah Febo - 7 Assists

Shae Thomas and Mariah Febo - 2 Aces

Korinne Hall-Johnson - 10 Digs

NOTEWORTHY

• Batalla had a career-high 11 assists.
• The Falcons had 14 aces, which was the sixth straight game with double-digit aces.
• Three of the four matches during the team's four-game winning streak have been sweeps.

UP NEXT

The Falcons play at Old Westbury on Thursday at 7 p.m.