Samardzija Boasts Double-Double In Knights Loss

LIU LIU 11-7,7-0 NEC

FDU FDU 8-15,5-2 NEC

LIU LIU

11-7,7-0 NEC

Final

Oct. 23, 2026

FDU FDU

8-15,5-2 NEC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
LIU LIU	25	21	22	25	15	(3)
FDU FDU	16	25	25	17	7	(2)

Summary
Box Score

Lexi Woodcock

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/23/2026 9:50:00 PM

Samardzija Boasts Double-Double In Knights Loss

HACKENSACK, N.J.- The FDU Knights (8-15, 5-2 NEC) lost a 3-2 match to the LIU Sharks (11-7, 7-0 NEC) on Friday. Mila Samardzija tied her career best three service aces, while five total Knights recorded multiple aces. Defensively, the Knights dealt 15 total blocks.

Set 1

In the first set, the Knights reached a 10-8 lead with kills from Mila Samardzija, Alessia Zampieri, and Ava DeGuzman. A Madeline Joyce ace proved to be the exclamation point on the run, as the Knights came within two.

FDU was later within one, 15-14, after Samardzija's service ace. The Sharks held on and scored the next seven points to move ahead 22-14 and finished the set 25-16.

Set 2

The Knights answered in the second set after falling behind 9-11. FDU recovered to move in front 14-12, with Kayla Green's ace and Nina Jasiecka's kill helping the response.The visiting Sharks later tied the set at 21-21, but the Knights controlled the closing stretch by scoring the final four points. Samardzija concluded the set with a kill from Isabella Scarfone, giving FDU a 25-21 win and evening the match.

Set 3

FDU followed with another late-set push in the third. With the score tied 21-21, Nora Marginean put the Knights in front with a kill. Scarfone followed later with a service ace, and Samardzija again delivered the final point on a kill from Scarfone. The Knights scored four of the final five points to take the third set, 25-22.

Set 4

An early 10-3 hole was too much for the Knights to overcome in the fourth set. FDU cut the deficit to 11-9, with Zampieri and Nina Jasiecka recording kills during the response, DeGuzman and Zampieri combining on a block, and DeGuzman adding an ace. LIU answered and closed out the set, 25-17.

Set 5

In the fifth set, the Knights moved within 6-5, with Angela Marchetto and the combo of Zampieri and Jasiecka factoring into blocks during the early stretch. After Marchetto's kill made it 10-7, LIU scored the final five points to take the set 15-7.

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