GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo women's volleyball team opened the Bengal Challenge with a straight-set loss on Friday, falling 3-0 to John Carroll to move to 4-5 on the season. Highlighting the match was senior libero Zooey Gagnier surpassing the 1,000 career dig milestone.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The opening set stayed tight through the middle, with Geneseo trading points before a late push from Kate Barba and Ayla Pas'cal cut the gap to 24-20, but John Carroll closed it out 25-20.
- Geneseo hung within a point midway through the second set, but a stretch of service aces and attack errors pulled John Carroll ahead for good, and they closed the set 25-16.
- Geneseo built an early 4-1 lead in the third behind McKenna Callari's serving, but the opponent answered with a run through the middle of the set to retake control, closing out the match with a 25-17 win.
QUICK FACTS:
- Zooey Gagnier tallied 11 digs in the match to surpass the 1,000 career dig milestone, and moving her into 14th all-time in program history for career digs.
- Kate Barba led the Knights with 10 kills and added 12 digs.
- Sophie Hunter chipped in eight kills.
- Molly McKinney dished out a team-high 16 assists.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Knights continue Bengal Challenge play on Saturday, September 19th at 12 p.m. in Buffalo, N.Y.
