The Golden Flyers defeated NYU in three sets in the New York Regional final.

Women's Volleyball

Top 100 Moment: 2002 Women's Volleyball Wins NCAA New York Regional Championship to Advance to Quarterfinals

ROCHESTER, NY - In 2002, the Nazareth women's volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals for the second consecutive year after defeating NYU in the NCAA New York Regional, 30-16, 30-23, 30-27.

Nazareth hosted Trinity (TX) in the NCAA quarterfinals, falling 26-30, 30-23, 30-27, 30-28. Christa Downey had 35 kills in the match on a .361 attack percentage to go along with 26 digs. Tricia Jones had 23 kills on a .439 attack percentage.

Check out some of the highlights from the run below.

About the Top 100 Moments
10 moments will be revealed each month, spanning March 2024  to December, 2024. Five moments will be unveiled during the first week of each month and then another five moments during the third week of the month. Moments will not be "ranked" 1-100 and will be released in no particular order. 
 
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The moments will be revealed on the Nazareth Athletics social media channels and website and will include photos, video, box scores, etc. The official hashtag is #NazAthletics100

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Head coach Linda Downey. 
 
2002 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Bracket. 
 
New York Regional Championship program. 
 
Nazareth defeated Vassar in the first match of the New York Regional. 
 
Nazareth defeated NYU to win the NCAA New York Regional. 
 
Nazareth hosted Trinity (TX) in the NCAA Quarterfinals. 
 
Preview for Nazareth's NCAA Qaurterfinal matchup with Trinity (TX). 
 
Stats for NCAA Quarterfinal matchup. 
 
2002 Year in Review. 
 
WVB 2002 Final Stats
Final stats for 2002 season. 
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