GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo women's volleyball team fell to Houghton 3-0 at Carl Schrader Gymnasium on Friday night, dropping to 14-8 overall and 8-2 in Empire 8 play. Houghton improved to 12-14 overall and 7-3 in the conference.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The first set was tied at 2-2 before Houghton moved ahead 5-3. Ellie McLennan served an ace to tie it at 5-5, and Dyllan Thomas followed with a kill for a 6-5 Geneseo lead, but Houghton answered with six straight points to lead 11-6. Geneseo got a kill from Kate Barba and a Thomas kill to make it 12-8, and later cut the deficit to 16-12 on a block by Barba and Thomas. Houghton led 22-17, but Ayla Pas'cal put down two kills and a block by Thomas and Pas'cal made it 24-20 before Houghton closed the set 25-20. Thomas had five kills in the set without an error.
- Houghton led 2-0 early in the second set, and Geneseo tied it at 3-3, then again at 5-5 on a McLennan ace. Houghton scored four straight points to lead 9-5. Two Thomas kills off Gianna Lucchi sets cut the deficit to 9-7, and kills from Barba and Cory Elder made it 11-9. Houghton scored five straight, from 17-14 to 22-14, with two aces. Geneseo answered with a 7-2 run to make it 24-21, behind a four-point stretch with Zooey Gagnier serving, which included an ace and an Elder kill, and a Sophie Hunter kill. Houghton closed the set 25-21.
- Geneseo led 2-0 in the third set on a McKenna Callari ace, and went up 8-6 on a kill by Elder and two kills by Lucchi. Houghton went ahead 17-13, but Geneseo outscored it 5-1 to tie the set at 18-18. Barba put down a kill and served an ace, and Elder added a kill off a Lucchi set. Hunter had a kill, and a block by Thomas and Lucchi tied it. Houghton answered with a 7-2 run, from 18-18, and closed out the match 25-20.
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WHAT'S NEXT?
The Knights close the regular season on Saturday, October 31st at 1 p.m. at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y.
