GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo women's volleyball team fell to St. John Fisher 3-0 on Friday night in Rochester, dropping to 10-7 overall and 4-1 in Empire 8 play. The Cardinals improved to 15-6 and 5-0 in the conference.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- St. John Fisher took control of the first set early, scoring six straight points after a 1-1 tie to lead 7-1. Geneseo got a kill from Peyton Cole and an ace from Kate Barba to cut the deficit to 11-6, but the Cardinals pulled away again with a 7-0 run, from 16-10 to 23-10. Late in the set, Barba added two kills, and a block by Cory Elder and Molly McKinney made it 24-13 before St. John Fisher closed the set 25-13.
- Geneseo started the second set well, with Zooey Gagnier serving an ace and Cole adding a kill off a Gagnier set to build a 4-1 lead. St. John Fisher answered, tying it at 5-5 and then scoring four straight points to lead 12-7. Geneseo fought back to within 15-13 on another Gagnier ace and a block by Elder and Cole, but the Cardinals scored four in a row to lead 19-13 and closed the set 25-17.
- The third set was Geneseo's most competitive. After trailing 6-5, a block by Cole and Dyllan Thomas and a kill by Sophie Hunter pulled Geneseo within 11-9. St. John Fisher answered with five straight points, but Geneseo chipped away behind a Gagnier ace and an Elder kill to cut it to 15-20. Hunter then added a kill off a Gianna Lucchi set and Geneseo closed to within 20-17 before the Cardinals finished the set 25-20.
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WHAT'S NEXT?
The Knights return to Schrader Gym on Saturday, October 17th at 1 p.m. to host Nazareth University for their dig pink game.
