Utica Wins in Straight Sets

Utica Wins in Straight Sets

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UTICA 3, Cobleskill 0
The Utica College volleyball team won its second straight game Wednesday as it downed visiting SUNY Cobleskill in straight sets, (25-14, 25-22, 25-18). 
 
Sophomore Brandi Blaszak led the Pioneers with 11 kills and added two blocks and two digs, while freshman Alaina Wickwire had nine kills and three digs.  Freshman Samantha Hoerning and senior Ashley Jones each tallied eight kills on the day and juniors Laura Homer-Gunther and Lora Allen combined for five kills.  Allen also added a game-best 32 assists.  Briona Enny and Alexis Lyon each collected 11 digs to lead the Pioneers on the defensive end. 


New Paltz 3, STEVENS 2
The Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball team fell to SUNY New Paltz in five sets in a non-conference road match on Wednesday evening. 
 
Stevens (8-3) won the first two sets of the contest, 25-23 and 27-25, but dropped the final three, 25-34, 25-27, 15-8. In the third set, Stevens led, 23-22, but after a timeout called by the Hawks, they ran off the final three points. 
 
It was the first five-set match of the season for the Ducks. 
 
Sophomore Mary Tobin paced Stevens with a season-high 20 kills to go along with nine digs. Senior Ashley Castillo guided the offense with a career-high 51 assists and added six digs with two service aces. 
 
Junior Annemarie Thomas recorded a team-best .350 hitting percentage with nine kills, while freshman Brianna Evans narrowly missed a double-double with 11 kills and mine digs. 
 
Freshman Sydni Horner tallied 23 digs and three aces in the loss, while junior Catie Shelton chipped in seven more digs. 
 
Senior Katie Hall and sophomore Christina Sciarra combined for 15 kills for the Ducks. Hall notched eight and Sciarra contributed seven. 
 
New Paltz outhit Stevens, .256 to .186, and finished the match with 10 more block assists, 16 to six. 


Sage 3, HARTWICK 1
Hartwick battled back from a two-set deficit but host Sage (8-4) fought off the Hawks in the fourth set to claim a 3-1 (19-25, 13-25, 25-20, 20-25) win on Wednesday night.
           
The Gators jumped out to a seven-point lead early in the first set 11-4 but the Hawks responded by taking nine of the next 11 points to pull even 13-13. Sage would rally for seven straight points to gain the upper hand and the Gators closed it out 25-19.
           
The second set was tight in the early going with neither team building more than a two-point edge through the first 20 points. Holding a 13-10 lead, the Gators then exploded for 10 of the set's final 12 points to gain a two-set advantage.
           
The third set was closely contested with the lead changing hands on several occasions. Deep into the set, the score was tied at 20 before the Hawks rattled off three straight points for a 23-20 edge. A kill from senior Dana Martin (Chester, NY/Burke Catholic) put Hartwick one point away from the set and freshman Kayla Baril (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk) finished it off with a service ace and the Hawks cut the deficit in half, 2-1.
           
After a quick 1-0 'Wick lead in the fourth, the Gators never trailed again as they built a seven-point lead (10-3) and later a 10-point edge (16-6). The Hawks chipped away at the Sage lead and a Taylor Vonasek kill made it 21-17, but Sage would grab the next three points to go up 24-17. Three straight 'Wick points, including a Vonasek kill and a Quincy Kinzel and Vonasek block, cut it to four again, 24-20, but a service error on the last point would be enough for the Gators to claim the victory.
           
Kinzel finished the night with 33 assists for the Hawks. She added eight digs. Freshman Rosa Maun led Hartwick with nine kills. Martin added eight kills and nine digs and junior Mary Beth DeCuyke also had eight kills. Sophomore Alyssa Zeitler had a team-best 17 digs for the Hawks.